Kissinger

American  

[kis-uhn-jer] / ˈkɪs ən dʒər /

noun

1. Henry Alfred, 1923–2023, U.S. statesman, born in Germany: U.S. secretary of state 1973–77; Nobel Peace Prize 1973.

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Kissinger British  

/ ˈkɪsɪndʒə /

noun

1. Henry ( Alfred ). born 1923, US academic and diplomat, born in Germany; assistant to President Nixon for national security affairs (1969–75); Secretary of State (1973–77): shared the Nobel peace prize 1973

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Example Sentences

No American—apart, perhaps, from Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger—has had an impact on modern China as consequential as that of Cohen.

From The Wall Street Journal

Syria wants to return to an agreement originally negotiated by Henry Kissinger when he was US Secretary of State in 1974.

From BBC

The Watergate tapes caught Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger discussing this issue on March 13, 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal

The metaphor of foreign policy as a chess game is literalized with a cartoon Kissinger eyeing cartoon chess pieces.

From Salon

Henry Kissinger, among others, went to school—Harvard, after being turned down at Columbia, Cornell, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton—on the GI Bill.

From The Wall Street Journal