Bunche

American  

[buhnch] / bʌntʃ /

noun

1. Ralph (Johnson), 1904–71, U.S. diplomat: at the United Nations 1946–71; Nobel Peace Prize 1950.

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Bunche British  

/ bʌntʃ /

noun

1. Ralph Johnson . 1904–71, US diplomat and United Nations official: awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1950 for his work as UN mediator in Palestine (1948–49); UN undersecretary (1954–71)

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Example Sentences

Ralph Bunche, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat and civil rights leader, connected the fight against American segregation to the broader struggle for human rights and peace around the world.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

It always surprises me that Bunche is an afterthought — the first African American; the first Black person, period — to win a Nobel Prize, and an early leader in civil rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

The documents encompass issues like the war on drugs and police shootings, said Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a professor of history at U.C.L.A., and the director of its Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

The main speaker at Abe's funeral was his U.N. colleague Ralph Bunche, who had been instrumental in creating and adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023

Ralph J. Bunche is the best school in the ’hood but every so often we get in a guy who doesn’t fit.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers