Zelig
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Zelig
From Leonard Zelig , main character in Zelig , 1984 film by W. Allen
Example Sentences
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But he was also a sort of Zelig of comedy, to make a very period reference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Acin was advised by fintech-focused investment bank Zelig and law firm Withers.
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022
Mr. Taibbi described Mr. Baker, who served as Twitter’s deputy general counsel and vice president beginning in June 2020, as “something of a Zelig of FBI controversies dating back to 2016.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
He becomes a kind of Zelig character passing through momentous changes in the late-20th century.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
In the cloakshop where Zelig worked he stood daily, brandishing his heavy iron on the sizzling cloth, hardly ever glancing about him.
From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
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