Walter

American  

[vahl-ter, wawl-ter] / ˈvɑl tər, ˈwɔl tər /

noun

1. Bruno Bruno Schlesinger, 1876–1962, German opera and symphony conductor, in U.S. after 1939.

2. Thomas Ustick 1804–87, U.S. architect.

3. a male given name.

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Walter British  

noun

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

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

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Example Sentences

The notion of the brain as a logic machine has origins in the early 1940s with the work of Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, Wayne, an engineer at the Atari video game company, was in charge of hardware engineering and documentation in the fledgling business.

From Barron's

The eldest, Walter, was a Caracas judge, having followed his mother into law.

From The Wall Street Journal

You might not expect Dodgers owner Mark Walter to say this:

From Los Angeles Times

When Barbara Walters started interviewing celebrities on her prime time specials for ABC in the 1970s, pearl-clutching journalistic purists were aghast.

From Los Angeles Times