schiller

¹ American  

[shil-er] / ˈʃɪl ər /

noun

1. a bronzelike luster, sometimes with iridescence, occurring on certain minerals.

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Schiller ² American  

[shil-er] / ˈʃɪl ər /

noun

1. Ferdinand Canning Scott 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.

2. Johann Christoph Friedrich von 1759–1805, German poet, dramatist, and historian.

3. Astronomy. an elliptical walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 112 miles (180 km) in length and 60 miles (100 km) in width.

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Schiller ¹ British  

/ ˈʃɪlər /

noun

1. Johann Christoph Friedrich von (joˈhan ˈkrɪstɔf ˈfriːdrɪç fɔn). 1759–1805, German poet, dramatist, historian, and critic. His concern with the ideal freedom of the human spirit to rise above the constraints placed upon it is reflected in his great trilogy Wallenstein (1800) and in Maria Stuart (1800)

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schiller ² British  

/ ˈʃɪlə /

noun

1. an unusual iridescent or metallic lustre in some minerals caused by internal reflection from certain inclusions such as gas cavities or mineral intergrowths. Formula: NaFe 3 B 3 Al 3 (Al 3 Si 6 O 27 )(OH) 4

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Etymology

Origin of schiller

1795–1805; < German: play of colors, glitter

Example Sentences

“I would grab this,” she says of the 1880 Wilhelm Schiller & Son piece in mint condition.

From Los Angeles Times

“If we start hearing about harmed patients, it’s highly likely FDA gets involved,” said Lowell Schiller, former acting chief counsel for the FDA in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We’re inventing the new factory town, and recovering the sense of what works in America,” says Cameron Schiller, whose Rangeview Corporation startup uses 3-D technology to make castings for the metal parts used in aerospace, one of dozens of industrial startups in the former aerospace stronghold of El Segundo.

From Los Angeles Times

I asked the six law firms representing the authors for their response to Chhabria’s implicit criticism of their lawyering, but heard back from only one — Boies Schiller Flexner, which told me by email, “despite the undisputed record of Meta’s historically unprecedented pirating of copyrighted works, the court ruled in Meta’s favor. We respectfully disagree with that conclusion.”

From Los Angeles Times

In her most recent order, she said CEO Tim Cook ignored executive Phillip Schiller's urging to have Apple comply with her injunction, and allowed then-Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri to convince him not to.

From BBC