Debs

[debz]

noun

1. Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.

Debs

/ dɛbz /

noun

1. Eugene Victor. 1855–1926, US labour leader; five times Socialist presidential candidate (1900–20)

Example Sentences

Well, nobody’s laughing now, after the actual mayor-elect began his speech by quoting Eugene V. Debs, the legendary Socialist Party hero who ran for president five times, getting nearly a million votes in 1912.

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Mr. Pärt turned 90 years old on Sept. 11, and Carnegie Hall is marking the occasion with a significant honor, appointing him this season’s Debs Composer.

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Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to jail in 1918 for speaking out against the First World War.

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“The government shut down some 75 newspapers and magazines, and imprisoned hundreds of people — most notably Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs — solely for things they wrote or said,” Hochschild said.

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Investigators found the remains in a ditch in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park on Oct.

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