Nobel

American  

[noh-bel] / noʊˈbɛl /

noun

1. Alfred Bernhard 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist: founding benefactor of the Nobel Prizes.

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Nobel British  

/ nəʊˈbɛl /

noun

1. Alfred Bernhard (ˈalfreːd ˈbæːrnhard). 1833–96, Swedish chemist and philanthropist, noted for his invention of dynamite (1866) and his bequest founding the Nobel prizes

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Example Sentences

Jagland was formerly a chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee and the head of the Council of Europe, one of the continent’s top human-rights organizations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jagland is also a former head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and spent 10 years as secretary general of the Council of Europe.

From BBC

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2024 for his work in artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Akzo Nobel said it would propose a final dividend of 1.54 euros a share for the year, unchanged from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nobel Prize winner William Golding's Lord of the Flies follows a group of school boys being evacuated from an unnamed war, whose plane crashes on an island with no adults.

From BBC