Rasmussen

[ ras-moo-suh n ]

/ ˈræs mʊ sən /

noun

Knud Jo·han Vic·tor

[knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/, 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.

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Examples from the Web for rasmussen

Not anymore: A Rasmussen poll out last week now shows Pryor ahead by a whisker, and the race is now essentially a tie.
A GOP Senate? Why It Won't Come Easy|Lloyd Green|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a nice bit of symmetry, 56% of Democrats said that Bush should be impeached in July of 2007, according to a Rasmussen survey.
The Absurd Impeachment Feedback Loop|John Avlon|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What Gallup and Rasmussen did was assume that minorities must be disenchanted with Obama.
Paying People to Lie to You Has Consequences|David Frum|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Um...Rasmussen's party affiliation number for electorate in October is...39.1R-33.3D.
Turnout Turnout Turnout|Michael Tomasky|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST

With Republicans, that has meant Rasmussen, obviously, and Gallup.
Michael Tomasky on the Coming Post-Election GOP Freak Out|Michael Tomasky|November 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Rasmussen: We have controlled the onion maggots almost entirely, but the cabbage maggots are very difficult.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916|Various
Rasmussen elsewhere shows that the Eskimo are capable of extreme jealousy.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
Madame Rasmussen sat down to embroider some cushions to put in the window, for the chaplain could not bear the slightest draught.
Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
Madame Rasmussen was a young widow, plump, good-looking, and light-hearted.
Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
Madame Rasmussen could not conceal her astonishment at the moderation with which the chaplain spoke of Johnsen's sermon.
Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland

British Dictionary definitions for rasmussen

Rasmussen

/ (Danish ˈrasmusən) /

noun

Knud Johan Victor (knuð joˈhan ˈviktɔr). 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer and ethnologist. He led several expeditions through the Arctic in support of his theory that the North American Indians were originally migrants from Asia

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