Auer

American  

[ou-er] / ˈaʊ ər /

noun

1. Leopold 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.

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Auer British  

/ ˈauər /

noun

1. Karl (karl), Baron von Welsbach. 1858–1929, Austrian chemist who discovered the cerium-iron alloy used for flints in cigarette lighters and invented the incandescent gas mantle

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Example Sentences

But don't be fooled by how things seem on the surface, Auer says.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

The email was full of details about Auer no one else should know.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

“Blocking this deal was a strategic error,” said Dirk Auer, director of competition policy at the International Center for Law & Economics.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

“While IRobot has become a peripheral player recently, Amazon had the specific capacity to reverse those fortunes — specifically by integrating IRobot into its successful ecosystem of home devices,” Auer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

The Auer was about an hour's distance from the garrison, and lay nearly in the middle of the pine forest, which extended over the mountains and beyond the frontier.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz