Adolf

American

[ad-olf, ey-dolf, ah-dawlf] / ˈæd ɒlf, ˈeɪ dɒlf, ˈɑ dɔlf /

Also Adolph,

noun

a first name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”

Example Sentences

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In a footnote, she cited “The Dual State” by Jewish lawyer and writer Ernst Fraenkel, about Adolf Hitler creating a similar system in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Francisco Franco had heir faces on stamps, currency, and coins during their respective despotic reigns.

From Slate

In her much-misunderstood essay on Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt emphasized not his evil but his “sheer thoughtlessness.”

From Salon

Its agents in 1960 had kidnapped Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and spirited him back to Israel for trial.

From The Wall Street Journal

He first attacked the BBC's Today programme for their interview with Tice, saying it was "disgraceful" to frame a question linking himself to German dictator Adolf Hitler.

From BBC

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