Sachs

[ zahks ]

noun
  1. Hans [hahns], /hɑns/, 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.

  2. Nelly (Leonie), 1891–1970, German poet and playwright, in Sweden after 1940: Nobel Prize 1966.

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How to use Sachs in a sentence

  • Edward Henry then remembered that the hoardings had been full of Mr. Seven Sachs for some time past.

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  • Mr. Seven Sachs, sitting square and upright, smiled gaily at Edward Henry across the gleaming table and raised a glass.

    The Regent | E. Arnold Bennett
  • "Happy to make your acquaintance, sir," said Mr. Seven Sachs, and the arch-famous American actor-author also lapsed into silence.

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  • Edward Henry in the gloom caught Mr. Seven Sachs's unalterable observant smile across the table.

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  • Mr. Seven Sachs had to take the greatest pains to keep the muscles of his face in strict order.

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British Dictionary definitions for Sachs

Sachs

/ (German zaks) /


noun
  1. Hans (hans). 1494–1576, German master shoemaker and Meistersinger, portrayed by Wagner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

  2. Nelly (Leonie). 1891–1970, German Jewish poet and dramatist, who escaped from Nazi Germany and settled in Sweden. Her works include Eli: A Mystery Play of the Sufferings of Israel (1951) and `O the Chimneys', a poem about the Nazi extermination camps. Nobel prize for literature 1966 jointly with Shmuel Yosef Agnon

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