Walter

[ vahl-ter for 1; wawl-ter for 2, 3 ]

/ ˈvɑl tər for 1; ˈwɔl tər for 2, 3 /

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noun

Bru·no

[broo-noh], /ˈbru noʊ/, Bruno Schlesinger, 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.

Thomas U·stick

[yoo-stik], /ˈyu stɪk/, 1804–87, U.S. architect.

a male given name.

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Words nearby Walter

walrus moustache, walrus mustache, Walsall, Walsh, Walsingham, Walter, Walter Mitty, Walters, Waltham, Waltham Forest, Walthamstow

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How to use Walter in a sentence

Walter drove one old blue Chevy station wagon after another — calling each the Blue Goose.
Walter Gretzky, father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82|news services and staff reports|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
I sent the article to Walter, a trusted source on these kind of things.
The global rally stalls out, but Goldman Sachs is doubling down on value stocks|Bernhard Warner|December 7, 2020|Fortune
The only guarantee is that Walter’s new tragicomedy about this moment of American history is one of the most captivating novels of the year.
‘The Cold Millions,’ Jess Walter’s celebration of forgotten heroes, is one of the most captivating novels of the year|Ron Charles|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
If Walter had spent the whole series facing off with low-level drug dealers, his crimes would have eventually come to feel downright normal.
Saturday Night Live will not save you|Emily VanDerWerff|October 2, 2020|Vox

Walter and Manglik hold patents on the specially designed nanobodies.
Treatments that target the coronavirus in the nose might help prevent COVID-19|Laura Sanders|September 14, 2020|Science News
For as much as Walter was a maniac, he was at the forefront of printing art.
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel|Marlow Stern|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Flaubert, Tolstoy and Stendhal greatly admired Walter Scott.
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He then added, unhelpfully, “All English writers are the same; Walter Scott excepted, all lack a plot.”
The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this year, 78-year-old Walter Williams found himself in a similar predicament.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rep. Walter Jones, an antiwar Republican, was one of the few to give voice to the problem.
The Pentagon Is Officially Clueless About the ISIS War|Tim Mak|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Walter Bellamy, Esquire, sitting in state, received his friend and partner with many smiles and much urbanity.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The plans and objects of Mr Walter Bellamy were best known to himself.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Sir Walter Scott smoked in his carriage, and regularly after dinner, loving both pipes and cigars.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Walter Mildmay, an English statesman, died; founder of Emanuel college.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Walter Fetherston was a writer of breathless mystery—but he was the essence of mystery himself.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for Walter

Walter

noun

(German ˈvaltər) Bruno (ˈbruːno), real name Bruno Walter Schlesinger. 1876–1962, US conductor, born in Germany: famous for his performances of Haydn, Mozart, and Mahler

(ˈwɔːltə) John . 1739–1812, English publisher; founded The Daily Universal Register (1785), which in 1788 became The Times

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