Straus

American  

[strous, shtrous] / straʊs, ʃtraʊs /

noun

1. Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).

2. Nathan, 1848–1931, U.S. retail merchant, born in Bavaria.

3. Oscar 1870–1954, Austrian composer.

4. Oscar Solomon, 1850–1926, U.S. diplomat, jurist, and government official, born in Bavaria: Secretary of Commerce and Labor 1906–09.

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Straus British  

/ straʊs /

noun

1. Oscar (ɔskar). 1870–1954, French composer, born in Austria, noted for such operettas as Waltz Dream (1907) and The Chocolate Soldier (1908)

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Mr. Troy, a senior fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute and a senior scholar at Yeshiva University’s Straus Center, is the author of five books on the presidency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Scott Straus, who chairs Berkeley’s political science department, likened the new institute to a sort of West Coast version of Harvard’s Kennedy School.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Scott Straus, chair of the UC Berkeley Political Science department, said the political balance of the visiting fellows program is open and that “a range of political perspectives” is “definitely our goal.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Straus said that Mino is currently providing certain peptides that remain in regulatory limbo in about half a dozen states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

When I go to Dr Straus office I got to tell him about that.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes