Douglass

American  

[duhg-luhs] / ˈdʌg ləs /

noun

1. Frederick, 1817–95, African American activist, abolitionist, author, and orator, born into slavery.

2. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

The connection between Douglass’s fame, Assing’s death and the chemical composition of a poison might be somewhat labored, but Ms. Popova sells it as a portrait of cosmic interconnectedness.

From The Wall Street Journal

She was the boon companion of the women’s-rights activist Susan B. Anthony, and she could count among friends and allies the abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

From The Wall Street Journal

And they raised funds for their friend, speaker and writer Frederick Douglass.

From Literature

Other American paragons of virtue who were publicly opposed at the time: William Lloyd Garrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Frederick Douglass.

From Los Angeles Times

Stephen Douglass, chief economist at NISA, noted that Powell highlighted diminishing stagflation risks, with both upside risks to inflation and downside risks to employment easing.

From Barron's