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Asser

American  
[ah-ser] / ˈɑ sər /

noun

  1. Tobias 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.


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When butcher Asser Levy died in Colonial New York, he had gone from penniless immigrant to successful businessperson by meeting the booming city’s food needs.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

The difference is that Churchill’s attire was handmade, like the green velvet “siren suit” now preserved in a case in the basement of Turnbull & Asser.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

She and Asser Malik took part in a nikkah ceremony, where bride and groom consent to be married.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2021

Ms. Yousafzai, 24, married Asser Malik, a manager for the Pakistan Cricket Board, at a small Islamic ceremony called a nikkah, she said on Twitter.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2021

The king was active in craft work himself, for Asser tells us that he "continued, during his frequent wars, to teach his workers in gold and artificers of all kinds."

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs

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