Schleicher

[ shlahy-ker; German shlahy-khuhr ]

/ ˈʃlaɪ kər; German ˈʃlaɪ xər /

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noun

August, 1821–68, German linguist.

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How to use Schleicher in a sentence

I have been led to the wish by reading an article by your Professor Whitney versus Schleicher.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II)|Charles Darwin
How the new ideas struck Schleicher may be seen from the following sentences by his colleague Haeckel.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
Schleicher was wrong in defining a language to be an organism in the sense in which a living being is an organism.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others
The views of Schleicher were to some extent injurious to the proper methods of linguistic study.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others

Schleicher takes the same view in his masterly work, Die Deutsche Sprache.
Dean of Lismore's Book|Various