Engels

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

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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Contemporary Examples of 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
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

Historical Examples of engels

We may, in view of the after career of Engels as the politician of the movement, surmise so much.
Socialism
John Spargo
The attainments of Engels have been somewhat overshadowed by those of his friend.
Socialism
John Spargo
Engels has lifted the veil thus far, but the rest is hidden.
Socialism
John Spargo
Doubtless both Marx and Engels lapsed occasionally into Utopianism.
Socialism
John Spargo
He and Engels were returning there at once, and would like to have me go with them.
The Marx He Knew
John Spargo

British Dictionary definitions for engels

Engels

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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