Schreiner

[ shrahy-ner ]

/ ˈʃraɪ nər /

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noun

Olive "Ralph Iron", c1862–1920, English author and feminist.

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How to use Schreiner in a sentence

The 80-bed hospital plans to cut some services, Schreiner said.
Tens of billions of dollars in pandemic aid for hospitals and nursing homes not distributed|Amy Goldstein|September 1, 2021|Washington Post
As legal scholar Ellison Kahn put it in 1980, Schreiner was “the greatest Chief Justice South Africa never had.”
What Happened When South Africa’s Supreme Court Became Unbalanced|Fiona Zublin|October 16, 2020|Ozy
Only Schreiner refused to go along with the National Party’s political manipulations, writing a dissenting judgment.
What Happened When South Africa’s Supreme Court Became Unbalanced|Fiona Zublin|October 16, 2020|Ozy
Schreiner was born in 1890 and grew up in the Cape Colony with its liberal tradition and nonracial voting laws.
What Happened When South Africa’s Supreme Court Became Unbalanced|Fiona Zublin|October 16, 2020|Ozy

The framers of the constitution of South Africa, Schreiner argued, had not intended that the government could, by a simple majority, change the structure of the Senate in order to give themselves a two-thirds majority.
What Happened When South Africa’s Supreme Court Became Unbalanced|Fiona Zublin|October 16, 2020|Ozy
He added that he had extremely limited contact with Bauer, Schreiner, and his daughter.
The Sperm Donor Trap: Should Your DNA Follow You for Life?|Lizzie Crocker|January 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There was Mr Schreiner, the Premier, almost boyish with plump, smooth cheeks and a dark moustache.
From Capetown to Ladysmith|G. W. Steevens
Its only writer is Mrs. Cornwright-Schreiner—the daughter of a German.
South Africa and the Boer-British War, Volume I|J. Castell Hopkins
Olive Schreiner herself is the first to admit that there are exceptions.
The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons|Ellice Hopkins
The vigor and freshness and inspiration of the air and the sunwell, it was all just as Olive Schreiner had made it in her books.
Following the Equator, Part 7|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
After in vain trying to enlist Mr. Schreiner as a recruit, Mr. Reitz asked him to state the reason of his refusal.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 8 (of 8)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Schreiner

Schreiner

/ (ˈʃraɪnə) /

noun

Olive (Emilie Albertina). 1855–1920, South African novelist and feminist writer, whose works include the autobiographical The Story of an African Farm (1883) and Women and Labour (1911)

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