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

“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.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

The fire burned an acre of dense brush just after 12:30 p.m. in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times

In any case, the money is already allocated, and “it would take an act of Congress to change that,” Debs Schrimmer of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

I compare it to the sentence that Eugene Debs, the leader of the American Railway Union, received in 1894 for shutting down America's railway system during a strike.

From Salon