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Tzara

British  
/ ˈzɑːrə /

noun

  1. Tristan, original name Samuel Rosenstock . 1896–1963, French poet and essayist, born in Romania, best known as the founder of Dada: author of The Approximate Man (1931).

"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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"We haven't really noticed a difference on ticket prices, but I have noticed that some places have cut their kids lunchbox deal price," said mother-of-two Tzara Spurrier, from Stroud.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

It pounced upon the coincidence that James Joyce, the Dada poet and essayist Tristan Tzara and Vladimir Lenin were all living in Zurich in 1917.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

Stoppard was fascinated with the idea that James Joyce, Vladimir Lenin and Dadadist poet Tristan Tzara were all living in Zurich in 1917.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2025

"Travesties" two years later, imagined a meeting between Lenin, James Joyce and poet and founder of the Dada movement Tristan Tzara, who all lived in Zurich in 1917.

From Barron's Nov. 29, 2025

If she did have an elilith, she wouldn’t want a serpent swallowing its tail like Tzara and many of the younger women had who’d come of age after the liberation.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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