Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Schurz

American  
[shurz, shurts, shoorts] / ʃɜrz, ʃɜrts, ʃʊərts /

noun

  1. Carl, 1829–1906, U.S. general, statesman, and newspaperman; born in Germany.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Ownership changed the next day — from family-owned Schurz Communications Inc. to GateHouse, which later also took over Gannett.

From Seattle Times Feb. 2, 2024

He did not know if any or all of the teens attended Carl Schurz High School.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2022

We retreat to that old piece of wisdom from Republican politician and newspaperman Carl Schurz: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”

From Fox News Aug. 7, 2020

On its eastern border sits the verdant but out-of-the way Carl Schurz Park and Gracie Mansion, the mayoral estate, whose current resident, Bill de Blasio, prefers to use chauffeured cars over the far-flung subway.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2016

Union general Carl Schurz witnessed amputations being performed at a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training