Lassalle

[ luh-sal; German lah-sahl ]

/ ləˈsæl; German lɑˈsɑl /

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noun

Fer·di·nand

[fur-dn-and; German fer-di-nahnt], /ˈfɜr dnˌænd; German ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/, 1825–64, German socialist and writer.

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How to use Lassalle in a sentence

He sent for Lassalle, he paid his successors' debts, and generally assisted the sect.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8|Various
This conception differed widely from the teaching of Ferdinand Lassalle.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
But no matter what the cause may have been, to Lassalle there was but one means of solving the labor problem-political action.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
Lassalle not only believed in the illusions of Roman jurists, especially of the earlier ones, but he outstripped their fancy.
The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State|Frederick Engels

Lassalle, then, built his agitation on a combination of errors.
Contemporary Socialism|John Rae

British Dictionary definitions for Lassalle

Lassalle

/ (German laˈsal) /

noun

Ferdinand (ˈfɛrdinant). 1825–64, German socialist and writer: a founder of the first German workers' political party (1863), which later became the Social Democratic Party

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