Nicolai

[ nik-uh-lahy; German nee-koh-lah-ee ]

/ ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ; German ˌni koʊˈlɑ i /

noun

(Carl) Ot·to (Eh·ren·fried)

[kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/,1810–49, German composer.

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Example sentences from the Web for nicolai

What Nicolai is interested in is time and movement, both of which are present in so much of his art.
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The team of Nicolai, my servant, was likewise upset close to mine, and we had much trouble to get them right again.
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This perpetuum mobile gives its peculiar colour to Nicolai's reflections.
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Nicolai had had some family troubles which much annoyed him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847|Various

There was a pause, until all, even Nicolai Egeland, had taken in what was said.
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There he met Nicolai and Moses Mendelssohn, with whom he formed a close friendship.
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British Dictionary definitions for nicolai

Nicolai

/ (German nikoˈlaɪ) /

noun

Carl Otto Ehrenfried (karl ˈɔto ˈeːrənfriːt). 1810–49, German composer: noted for his opera The Merry Wives of Windsor (1849)

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