Zelig
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Zelig
From Leonard Zelig , main character in Zelig , 1984 film by W. Allen
Example Sentences
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Mike Borzello was Zelig in a chest protector.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024
Acin was advised by fintech-focused investment bank Zelig and law firm Withers.
From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2022
Mr. Taibbi described Mr. Baker, who served as Twitter’s deputy general counsel and vice president beginning in June 2020, as “something of a Zelig of FBI controversies dating back to 2016.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 11, 2022
“I was like Zelig in the events of the period,” he told the New Yorker in 2020.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
Zelig was playing with a huge iron key.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham
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