Moniz

American  

[maw-neesh] / mɔˈniʃ /

noun

1. Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas 1874–1955, Portuguese neurosurgeon: Nobel Prize 1949.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Restall’s Columbus was a man on the make, a social climber who used his marriage in 1479 to Felipa Moniz, the daughter of a minor aristocrat, to further his standing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Board members include Ernest Moniz, a former U.S. energy secretary and nuclear physicist, and longtime investor Michael Schwab.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among the Unstoppable films in this year’s program are Phil Moniz and Kevin Claydon’s sports comedy “Racewalkers,” Andrew Abrahams’ pediatric healthcare doc “Complicated,” Cameron S. Mitchell’s historical investigative doc “Disposable Humanity” and Alexander Freeman’s “My Own Normal,” a portrait of his own life with cerebral palsy.

From Los Angeles Times

In one scene, Firth’s Jamie and Moniz’s Aurélia are “swimming” in a lake to recover the loose pages of Jamie’s work-in-progress novel.

From Salon

Both Firth and Moniz had to kneel down to make the water seem much deeper.

From Salon