Ernst

American

[urnst, ernst] / ɜrnst, ɛrnst /

noun

Max 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
a male given name, form of Ernest.

Ernst British

/ ɛrnst /

noun

Max (maks). 1891–1976, German painter, resident in France and the US, a prominent exponent of Dada and surrealism: developed the technique of collage

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Ernst Lubitsch is best remembered today for directing some of the wittiest, sauciest Hollywood romantic comedies of the 1930s and ’40s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Three sold-out gigs by the US star singer at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium were called off.

From BBC

After a year of working often 80 hours a week at Ernst & Young, he took an accounting job with the Navy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The wryly funny “Seasons” is hardly a madcap romp in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, but it does have some kinship with “To Be or Not to Be,” the Ernst Lubitsch comedy of 1942.

From The Wall Street Journal

A spokesperson for Ernst said last week that the senator “remains focused on ensuring taxpayer investments in R&D do not benefit China and actually deliver cutting-edge technology for our warfighters.”

From Los Angeles Times

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