Esterhazy

¹

[es-ter-hah-zee, e-ster-a-zee]

noun

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

Esterházy

²

[es-ter-hah-zee, es-ter-hah-zi]

noun

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

Esterházy

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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

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There, following Candide’s advice, he cultivates his garden but also reads Witold Gombrowicz, Peter Esterhazy, Julien Green and Theodor Adorno, listens to the music of Haydn, Schoenberg and Morton Feldman, recalls his friendship with the novelist Harry Mulisch and reflects on life and literature.

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The couple and their son soon moved to Austria, where Frederick, known as “the Moor,” worked as a page to Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy.

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Just beyond the Imser Clock is a riot of silver — the Judgment of Paris desk, which Prince Paul Esterházy I probably acquired from Emperor Leopold I. It shows a mythological scene in which a young prince decides between three goddesses.

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The director Danishka Esterhazy deserves some credit for flambéing a beloved property, albeit one for which nostalgia may skew along generational lines.

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