Sumner
Americannoun
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Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
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James Batcheller 1887–1955, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
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William Graham, 1840–1910, U.S. sociologist and economist.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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In this academic setting a consensus emerged, as the legal scholar Henry Sumner Maine argued, that sacrifice had been the basis for social order and political association.
“We’re all in on this mission,” Sumner said in an interview.
Was that the only way you were tormented by Sumner Redstone?
Sumner Redstone’s family will exit the Hollywood stage after nearly 40 years.
From Los Angeles Times
"In terms of public perception," wrote No 10 private secretary Clare Sumner, "the amounts involved are quite large".
From BBC
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