Luxembourger
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Luxembourger
1910–15; < German Luxemburger; Luxembourg, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Beijing’s recent decision to slap a 25 percent duty on U.S. soy was reshaping the global market even before the meeting between Trump and Juncker, a Luxembourger who heads the EU’s executive arm.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2018
As the veteran Luxembourger tells it, Tsipras promised to send him alternative proposals on the few outstanding issues the following day, and to return to Brussels to wrap up a deal.
From Reuters • Jun. 26, 2015
Brussels-bashing usually goes down well with Tory backbenchers, but this was about more than just the unloved Luxembourger.
From Economist • Jul. 3, 2014
Duncan Smith indicated that the prime minister had told him Merkel and Renzi had shared in private their misgivings about the Luxembourger.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2014
One Luxembourger had been a whole month getting to Flushing from his home in Belgium.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher
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