Boas

American  

[boh-az] / ˈboʊ æz /

noun

1. Franz 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.

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Boas British  

/ ˈboːas, ˈbəʊæz /

noun

1. Franz (frants). 1858–1942, US anthropologist, born in Germany. He made major contributions to cultural and linguistic anthropology in studies of North American Indians, including The Mind of Primitive Man (1911; 1938)

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Boas Scientific  

/ bō′ăz /

1. German-born American anthropologist who emphasized the systematic analysis of culture and language structures.

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Example Sentences

I thought about the ladies featured in magazines wearing sequined dresses and feather boas, the yellow Packard on the movie set earlier today, the patterned velvet and scrolled-arm furniture in the department store windows.

From Literature

“What’s the theme this week? Faille suits and feather boas?”

From Literature

“That’s big — it’s such a powerful signal” to have the issue of retirement security discussed in the State of the Union address, said KC Boas, the retirement-savings initiative lead at the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program.

From MarketWatch

Boas estimated that if the program builds on the Saver’s Match, as many as 45 million out of that 56 million wouldn’t qualify due to the low-income threshold.

From MarketWatch

“That’s big — it’s such a powerful signal” to have the issue of retirement security discussed in the State of the Union address, said KC Boas, the retirement-savings initiative lead at the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program.

From MarketWatch