Sanger

American  

[sang-er] / ˈsæŋ ər /

noun

1. Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958, 1980.

2. Margaret (Louise) Higgins 1883–1966, U.S. nurse and author: pioneering activist for legal, safe, and accessible birth control.

3. a town in central California.

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sanger ¹ British  

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. Also called: sango.  slang a sandwich

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Sanger ² British  

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)

2. Margaret ( Higgins ). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

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Sanger Scientific  

/ săng′ər /

1. British biochemist who determined the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule, thereby making it possible to manufacture synthetic insulin. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1958. In 1980 Sanger received another Nobel Prize for chemistry (jointly with American molecular biologists Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for his development of methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA.

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Example Sentences

Cursor co-founders Aman Sanger and Michael Truell, for example, joined Neo’s college program in 2020, before they launched their startup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The work involved scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Ontario Veterinary College in Canada, the University of Bern, and other collaborators.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

The international team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge examined around 1,000 genes linked to 13 types of feline cancer.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Mr. Sanger also suggests the National Security Strategy should have more to say about the prospect of an intensifying nuclear arms race, including the threat of orbital nuclear weapons in the relatively near future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

We are sincerely sorry that one so gifted as Miss Sanger should descend to this hybrid, makeshift medium, when she could so well express her thoughts either in legitimate prose or legitimate verse.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)