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Sigismund

American  
[sij-is-muhnd, sig-is-, zee-gis-moont] / ˈsɪdʒ ɪs mənd, ˈsɪg ɪs-, ˈzi gɪsˌmʊnt /

noun

  1. 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.


Sigismund British  
/ ˈsɪɡɪsmənd /

noun

  1. 1368–1437, king of Hungary (1387–1437) and of Bohemia (1419–37); Holy Roman Emperor (1411–37). He helped to end the Great Schism in the Church; implicated in the death of Huss

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The mystery man was rumored to have been either Hollywood actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., former Nazi member Sigismund von Braun or British prime minister Winston Churchill’s son-in-law, The Telegraph reported.

From Fox News • Dec. 17, 2019

Ivo, Ludmilla, Adalbert, Cyril and Methodius, John of Nepomuk, Sigismund and Wenceslas and others are each arranged in tableaux commemorating events and stories that require a history Ph.D. thesis to fully comprehend.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018

Sigismund Schlomo Freud was born in 1856 in Freiberg in Mähren, Moravia — what is today Pribor, in the Czech Republic.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2014

“Can you tell me what dogs are good for in a city?” inveighed NYC health commissioner Sigismund S. Goldwater soon before Delaney filed her patent.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2014

The Great Schism gave the Holy See abundant preoccupation, and missionary efforts are no longer heard of, until the Emperor Sigismund, as King of Hungary, bethought himself of re-establishing his claim over Bosnia.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

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