Mergenthaler

[ mur-guhn-thaw-ler; German mer-guhn-tah-luhr ]

/ ˈmɜr gənˌθɔ lər; German ˈmɛr gənˌtɑ lər /

Save This Word!

noun

Ott·mar

[ot-mahr; German awt-mahr], /ˈɒt mɑr; German ˈɔt mɑr/, 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.

QUIZ

GOOSES. GEESES. I WANT THIS QUIZ ON PLURAL NOUNS!

Test how much you really know about regular and irregular plural nouns with this quiz.

Question 1 of 9

Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?

Words nearby Mergenthaler

Ottmar Mergenthaler worked twenty years on the development of his linotype machine, and ten years thereafter in perfecting it.
How to Succeed as an Inventor|Goodwin B. Smith
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company has paid out twenty millions of dollars in dividends in fourteen years.
How to Succeed as an Inventor|Goodwin B. Smith
The Mergenthaler Linotype machine appeared in crude form about 1886.
A Book of Exposition|Homer Heath Nugent
Mr. Ottman Mergenthaler of Baltimore has been working on one for ten years and it is almost ready for us.
Famous Days in the Century of Invention|Gertrude L. Stone

In the following year, Stephens invented his electric plough, and Mergenthaler made an improvement on his linotype machine.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske