Rudolf

[roo-dolf]

noun

1. Max, 1902–1994, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Germany.

2. Lake Rudolf, former name of Turkana.

3. a male given name, form of Rolf.

Rudolf

¹

/ ˈruːdɒlf /

noun

1. the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana

Rudolf

²

/ ˈruːdɒlf /

noun

1. 1858–89, archduke of Austria, son of emperor Franz Joseph: he and his mistress committed suicide at the royal hunting lodge in Mayerling

Example Sentences

It is 250 years since a member of the Royal Society was ejected: German scientist and writer Rudolf Erich Raspe, who was accused of theft and fraud.

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Kamin was on the board when the agency fired its CEO, Rudolf Montiel.

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“In the days when Emperor Rudolf II ruled, he invited alchemists and Kabbalists to visit Prague and explore the idea of the Great Beyond. The city has long been the locus of this kind of metaphysical thought.”

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Reflecting on that dynamic, physicist Rudolf Peierls acknowledged, “I knew that Oppenheimer was on a committee and was briefing with the high-ups. I felt there were two things one could rely on: Oppenheimer to put the reasonable ideas across, and that one could trust people. After all, we are not terrorists at heart or anything…Both these statements might now be somewhat optimistic.”

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It is 150 years since a member of the Royal Society was ejected: That was German scientist and writer, Rudolf Eric Raspe, who was accused of theft and fraud.

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