Gunther

American  

[guhn-ther, goon-ter] / ˈgʌn θər, ˈgʊn tər /

noun

1. John, 1901–1970, U.S. journalist and author.

2. (in theNibelungenlied ) a king of Burgundy and the husband of Brunhild, beheaded by Kriemhild in her revenge for the murder of Siegfried.

3. a male given name.

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Gunther British  

/ ˈɡʊntə /

noun

1. (in the Nibelungenlied ) a king of Burgundy, allied with Siegfried, who won for him his wife Brunhild. He corresponds to Gunnar in Norse mythology

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Getting to know the Slatesters behind the mic: Unwind with this casual conversation between What Next: TBD host Lizzie O’Leary and producer Rob Gunther.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Brands like Built and Barebells are continually innovating, Gunther said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

It was discovered by avocational fossil collector Lloyd Gunther and donated to the Kansas University Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum in 1981.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026

We ran our findings and methodology by Phil Neff, a researcher at the University of Washington Center for Human Rights and Joseph Gunther, a mathematician who researches immigration-related datasets and former ICE officials.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

Then he was the only Dane working with phage and so was quite pleased that I and Gunther Stent, a phage worker from Delbriick’s lab, had come to do research with Herman.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson