Engels

[ eng-guh lz; for 1 also German eng-uh ls; for 2 also Russian en-gyils ]

/ ˈɛŋ gəlz; for 1 also German ˈɛŋ əls; for 2 also Russian ˈɛn gyɪls /

noun

Frie·drich

[free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/, 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.

a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga River, opposite Saratov.

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Examples from the Web for engels

That Brayden will not get to grow up with his big sister is perhaps what hurts the Engels the most, Merton said.
Family of Olivia Engel, Lost in Newtown, Remembers Their Daughter|Matthew DeLuca|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The spirit of populism is unlike the specter of communism famously invoked by Marx and Engels.
A Short History of American Rage|Michael Kazin|March 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Engels pleaded he was already over busy with those tasks, which show him to have been so patient and prolific a worker.
The Art of Lecturing|Arthur M. (Arthur Morrow) Lewis
The remnants of early Victorianism cling persistently to Engels.
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels

And that is true not merely of the theorizers, that is to say, Marx and Engels.
Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History|Antonio Labriola
The work of Labriola has its place reserved in our libraries by the side of the classic works of Marx and Engels.
Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History|Antonio Labriola
The kick caught Engels low in the belly and drew a yell of pain.
Beyond The Thunder|H. B. Hickey

British Dictionary definitions for engels

Engels

/ (German ˈɛŋəls) /

noun

Friedrich (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1820–95, German socialist leader and political philosopher, in England from 1849. He collaborated with Marx on The Communist Manifesto (1848) and his own works include Condition of the Working Classes in England (1844) and The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884)

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