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Rask

American  
[rask, rahsk] / ræsk, rɑsk /

noun

  1. Rasmus Christian 1787–1832, Danish philologist.


Rask British  
/ rasɡ /

noun

  1. Rasmus Christian (ˈrasmus ˈkresdjan). 1787–1832, Danish philologist. He pioneered comparative philology with his work on Old Norse (1818)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"My hope is for our country to be independent and well-managed and not be bought," said Inuit writer and musician, Sivnîssoq Rask.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2026

Defender Lilli Rask spent two years at Oregon but never started; at Irvine, she appeared in every game this season.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2023

But after Rask left the postseason bubble to tend to a family emergency, the team lost in the second round.

From Washington Times Jun. 6, 2022

Then came the era of the Finnish goaltenders, like Tuukka Rask and Pekka Rinne, and finally the Swedes, led by Henrik Lundqvist, another superstar Ranger.

From New York Times Jun. 5, 2022

The names of Hans Christian Andersen, Rasmus Rask, the philologist, Oersted, the discoverer of electro-magnetism, Forchhammer, the chemist, and Eschricht, the physiologist, occur to us in this connection.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Maturin Murray Ballou

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