Goethals

[ goh-thuhlz ]

/ ˈgoʊ θəlz /

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noun

George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.

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It is only seven oclock, but the chief engineer—Colonel Goethals, now—is at the station ready to take the early train.
Heroes of To-Day|Mary R. Parkman
I dont believe that I quite like our name, remarked little George Goethals in the confidence of the family circle one evening.
Heroes of To-Day|Mary R. Parkman
The world's greatest engineer, Colonel Goethals, will also be at leisure.
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado|Logan Marshall
I assured the chief that both Roosevelt and Goethals were well at last account, and he veered to other topics.
White Shadows in the South Seas|Frederick O'Brien

And then there is the Goethals way of managing a labor camp.
They Who Knock at Our Gates|Mary Antin

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