Sylvanus
Americannoun
PLURAL
Sylvaninoun
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The West Point Association of Graduates has canceled an award ceremony for actor Tom Hanks, who was scheduled to receive the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award on September 25.
From Salon
Sylvanus Thayer, considered the “father of the military academy,” was superintendent in the 1820s.
From Seattle Times
He told Togo's President, Sylvanus Olympio, that the reason the US shared one ambassador between Togo and Cameroon was because he did not want his diplomats to "have to live in tents".
From BBC
The so-called “Thayer System,” established by the Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer in the early 19th Century, is still the form of academic instruction at the Academy.
From Salon
Akpaka’s talent was discovered when she was in fourth grade after her parents — Sylvanus, a pastor of Nigerian descent, and Iva, a nurse of American Samoan descent — enrolled Idara in a church choir.
From Los Angeles Times
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