westphalian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Rosenberg: Explain what you mean by the Westphalian project.
From MSNBC • Oct. 30, 2019
IN THE medieval town hall of the small Westphalian city of Münster, Alexandra Pirici, a young Romanian artist, prepares to tell a story.
From Economist • Jun. 22, 2017
“That’s one for Charlotte,” Jane said, and bought the horse, a chestnut Westphalian named Fernandez, for eighteen thousand pounds.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
“There’s an expression in German: ‘Don’t sell your family silver,’ ” said the director, Hermann Arnhold of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2015
These sch�ppen of the emperor's making did not, however, meet with much respect from the genuine ones, as the answer given to the Emperor Rupert by the Westphalian tribunals evinces.
From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas
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