Sumner

American  

[suhm-ner] / ˈsʌm nər /

noun

1. Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.

2. James Batcheller 1887–1955, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.

3. William Graham, 1840–1910, U.S. sociologist and economist.

4. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

He was also found to have breached the code by advising Sumner on how to approach Lord Deighton.

From BBC

In this academic setting a consensus emerged, as the legal scholar Henry Sumner Maine argued, that sacrifice had been the basis for social order and political association.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We’re all in on this mission,” Sumner said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal

Was that the only way you were tormented by Sumner Redstone?

From The Wall Street Journal

Sumner Redstone’s family will exit the Hollywood stage after nearly 40 years.

From Los Angeles Times