Sumner

[suhm-ner]

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.

Example Sentences

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

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The prime minister asked Ms Sumner to make the list "more boring" – so the published version did not include the type of watch, which can retail at many thousands of pounds each.

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One of the world's leading wasp experts, Prof Seirian Sumner of University College London, cautions that scientific data on wasp numbers will not be released for a while.

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When Sting was born Gordon Sumner in 1951, the son of a milkman and a hairdresser, the North East still had a proud tradition of shipbuilding.

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Her father, the late Sumner Redstone, built the company into a juggernaut but it has seen its standing slip in recent years.

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