Freyre

American  

[frey-ruh] / ˈfreɪ rə /

noun

1. Gilberto 1900–87, Brazilian sociologist and anthropologist.

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Example Sentences

“For the first time in 60 years, small- and medium-sized private corporations are now authorized by law. Now the challenge is for them to prosper in a very arid landscape for private initiative,” said Pedro Freyre, an analyst with the Florida-based Akerman Consulting and professor at Miami Law School.

From Seattle Times

And no one perfected and personified “futebol-arte,” as Freyre called it, more than Pelé.

From Washington Post

Pedro Freyre, chair of international practice at the Akerman law firm and a Cuban American who serves on the board of the U.S.-Cuba Business Council, said that the demonstrations were a “wake-up call” that the Cuban government could not easily ignore.

From Washington Post

The 20th-century Brazilian sociologist Gilberto de Mello Freyre wrote in the 1930s that all Brazilians — “even the light-skinned fair-haired one” — carried Indigenous or African lineage.

From Washington Post

“Every Brazilian, even the light-skinned fair-haired one carries about him on his soul, when not on soul and body alike, the shadow or at least the birthmark of the aborigine or the negro,” wrote the 20th-century Brazilian sociologist Gilberto de Mello Freyre, who examined the country’s racial mixing in the 1930s.

From Washington Post