Schlesinger

[ shles-in-jer, shley-zing-er ]

/ ˈʃlɛs ɪn dʒər, ˈʃleɪ zɪŋ ər /

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noun

Arthur Mei·er

[mahy-er], /ˈmaɪ ər/, 1888–1965, U.S. historian.

his son, Arthur Meier, Jr., 1917–2007, U.S. historian and writer.

John Richard, 1926–2003, English film director.

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How to use Schlesinger in a sentence

In the 1950s, you had people like Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger moving back and forth between the two worlds.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Schlesinger said he was not familiar with studies showing health spending growing at historically low rates.
GOP Shies Away From Obamacare Repeal|Kaiser Health News|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was part of a series that Arthur Schlesinger did on the then 42 former presidents.
What the Archives Say About Nixon|Scott Porch|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The third writer-mythmaker was Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., the historian and Kennedy administration White House aide.
How the Left Spun the Kennedy Myth|Ira Stoll|November 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Former aides Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Ted Sorensen rewrote history to make him more liberal than he really was.
How the Left Spun the Kennedy Myth|Ira Stoll|November 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gutmann says that Chopin on his return from Majorca asked Schlesinger for better terms.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
Schlesinger had been successful with several dramas, and agreed with Clemens to do some plays dealing with American themes.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Schlesinger spoke very little English, and Clemens always had difficulty in comprehending rapid-fire German.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
So we agreed to give Dr. Schlesinger an opportunity to convince us that he was a man of rare endowments, as he pretended to be.
Do the Dead Return?|Anonymous
I will add, that, so far as I know, Dr. Schlesinger had no possible means of knowing the name or anything about either person.
Do the Dead Return?|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for Schlesinger

Schlesinger

/ (ˈʃlɛzɪŋə) /

noun

John (Richard). 1926–2003, British film and theatre director. Films include Billy Liar (1963), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), and Eye for an Eye (1995)

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