Morgenthau

[mawr-guhn-thaw, -tou]

noun

1. Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.

2. his son Henry, Jr., 1891–1967, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1934–45.

Example Sentences

Then he segued to where his mind had been all day, providing one of the soliloquies that would be included in the footage that Morgenthau released immediately after they finished taping it to a local television station in New York City, portions of which would be aired that very evening on the news: “That’s part of the dilemma of being an American Negro,” Baldwin said, “that one is a little bit colored and a little bit white, and not only in physical terms but in the head and heart.”

From Slate

It was in the context of these discussions that Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau put forth a plan in 1944 to destroy Germany’s industries so the country could never remilitarize.

From Slate

Among Trump’s prized relationships was with Robert Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney for decades.

From Seattle Times

While Morgenthau was in office, he would joke privately that his pet charity, the Police Athletic League, was the only one to which Trump routinely donated.

From Seattle Times

And when Trump supported Morgenthau politically, some Trump Organization officials were told they needed to write checks of their own to the district attorney’s campaign, according to two people familiar with what took place.

From Seattle Times