Masaryk

[ mas-uh-rik; Czech mah-sah-rik ]

noun

1. Jan [yahn], 1886–1948, Czech statesman (son of Tomáŝ).
2. To·máŝ Gar·rigue [taw, -mahsh , gah, -, r, ik], 1850–1937, Czech statesman: 1st president of Czechoslovakia 1918–35.

Masaryk

/ ˈmæsərɪk; ˈmasarik /

noun

1. MasarykJan18861948MCzechPOLITICS: statesman Jan (jan). 1886–1948, Czech statesman; foreign minister (1941–48). He died in mysterious circumstances after the Communists took control of the government
2. MasarykTomáš Garrigue18501937MCzechPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state his father, Tomáš Garrigue (ˈtɔmaːʃ ˈɡarik). 1850–1937, Czech philosopher and statesman; a founder of Czechoslovakia (1918) and its first president (1918–35)

Example Sentences

The study's co-authors include collaborators from a number of institutions, including NASA, Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, the University of Leeds, the University of Syracuse, Tel Aviv University, the Polish Academy of Sciences, and elsewhere.

From Science Daily

The project is a collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki, Vienna University of Technology and Masaryk University in Brno.

From Science Daily

Otto Eibl, the head of the political science department at Masaryk University in the Czech city of Brno, said Mr. Pavel’s victory “could be a moment of calming and perhaps a step toward improving the political culture in the country.”

From New York Times

Otto Eibl, the head of the political science department at Masaryk University in the city of Brno, said the presidency, despite its restricted constitutional powers, carried special moral weight in the Czech Republic, in part because of the stature and international renown of Vaclav Havel, a writer who in 1989 became the first post-communist president of what was then Czechoslovakia.

From New York Times

I pondered what Masaryk - who forged a common state for Czechs and Slovaks out of the ashes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 - would have made of his treasured creation being dismembered by Czech and Slovak politicians just 75 years later.

From BBC