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• Esterhazy
  Esterhazy

  noun

  Marie Charles Ferdinand Walsin 1847–1923, French army officer who confessed forging evidence that convicted Alfred Dreyfus.
• Esterházy
  Esterházy

  noun

  Prince Miklós József 1714–90, Hungarian patron of the arts.

Esterhazy

¹ American  

[es-ter-hah-zee, e-ster-a-zee] / ˈɛs tərˌhɑ zi, ɛ stɛr aˈzi /

noun

1. Marie Charles Ferdinand Walsin 1847–1923, French army officer who confessed forging evidence that convicted Alfred Dreyfus.

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Esterházy ² American  

[es-ter-hah-zee, es-ter-hah-zi] / ˈɛs tərˌhɑ zi, ˈɛs tɛrˌhɑ zɪ /

noun

1. Prince Miklós József 1714–90, Hungarian patron of the arts.

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Esterházy British  

/ ˈɛstəˌhɑːzɪ /

noun

1. a noble Hungarian family that produced many soldiers, diplomats, and patrons of the arts. Prince Miklós József Esterházy (1714–90) rebuilt the family castle of Esterháza and employed Haydn as his musical director (1766–90)

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When Picquart presented the evidence to the general staff of the French army, he himself was driven out of the military and jailed for a year, while Esterhazy was acquitted.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

“The sunglasses that hide the eyes, the frozen expressions and mouths that sometimes move and don’t,” said Danishka Esterhazy, the film’s director.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019

There, at least, Esterhazy shows some visual confidence in establishing a no-false-moves claustrophobia from this sterile, monochromatic environment, while nurturing a solid message of strength-in-solidarity when Sophia and Vivien team up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2019

Peter Esterhazy, 66, one of Hungary’s most renowned contemporary authors, died Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2016

The reason for this was that he worked for an aristocrat, Prince Esterhazy, at his private houses.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Franz Joseph Haydn thought of himself as a slave at the castle of the aristocratic Esterházy family; he served as their court composer for decades while he wrote his famous works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Another dessert on the Koloman menu is an Esterházy Torte, a Hungarian cake with 13 layers of almond and hazelnut sponge cake.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023

Along with several others, the tree was brought from the Palace of Versailles by a member of the Esterházy family.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2014

At the Esterházy country estate of Zelész, he heard many Hungarian melodies sung or played by the gipsies, or by servants in the castle.

From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower

But the legendary romance of Schubert's life occurred when he was twenty-one, and a music teacher to Carolina Esterházy.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 by Rupert Hughes

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