Dollfuss

American  

[dawl-foos] / ˈdɔl fus /

noun

1. Engelbert 1892–1934, Austrian statesman: premier 1932–34.

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Dollfuss British  

/ ˈdɔlfuːs /

noun

1. Engelbert (ˈɛŋəlbɛrt). 1892–1934, Austrian statesman, chancellor (1932–34), who was assassinated by Austrian Nazis

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Example Sentences

Mises, an economist who in the early 1930s had advised the Austrofascist chancellor of Austria, Engelbert Dollfuss, settled in the U.S. in 1940.

From Salon

In the summer of 1934, Otto participated in an unsuccessful coup attempt on the government of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss.

From The Guardian

Dollfuss, in Mühlhausen, reduced the number of hours worked from 12 to 11, and let the wages remain the same as before.

From Project Gutenberg

One was the assassination of Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss by local Nazis in 1934, part of a coup that failed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vienna-born Historian Walter Maass is especially intriguing on the Dollfuss assassination, partly because he lived through it all as a young adult.

From Time Magazine Archive