Schweitzer

[ shwahyt-ser, shvahyt- ]

noun

1. Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.

Schweitzer

/ ˈʃvaɪt-; ˈʃwaɪtsə /

noun

1. SchweitzerAlbert18751965MFranco-GermanRELIGION: missionaryPHILOSOPHY: philosopherRELIGION: theologianMUSIC: organist Albert. 1875–1965, Franco-German medical missionary, philosopher, theologian, and organist, born in Alsace. He took up medicine in 1905 and devoted most of his life after 1913 to a medical mission at Lambaréné, Gabon: Nobel peace prize 1952

Example Sentences

“If you’re feeling it, you just go for it,” Schweitzer, who finds great joy in celebrating his teammates’ touchdowns with an emphatic spike, told NBC Sports Washington last year of how he decides when to add the pre-spike twirl.

From Washington Post

Still, Schweitzer has found more recently that she’s working harder to compensate for the influx of customers.

From Time

“Years ago, I had a patient who was a very bright medical student,” Schweitzer says.

From Popular-Science

Now the county is doing more targeted testing of congregate facilities, Schweitzer said.

From Washington Post

When rookie Saahdiq Charles was lost to a knee injury after only two snaps, Schweitzer — not Wes Martin, the team’s first starting left guard this year — took over.

From Washington Post

Schweitzer had been aggressively urged to run for the Senate seat, which had been held by Baucus since 1978.

From The Daily Beast

The Gonzo Option Marin Cogan, National Journal Brian Schweitzer is a one-man challenge to the scripted nature of modern politics.

From The Daily Beast

A Schweitzer presidential candidacy would be a long shot by any measure.

From The Daily Beast

However, in July, Schweitzer surprised the political world by announcing that he would not run.

From The Daily Beast

Schweitzer is a brash, outgoing politician who achieved remarkable success in the relatively red state of Montana.

From The Daily Beast

Carrie Becker wants to marry me and do the same thing in my caf, which is ten times as good as Schweitzer's.

From Project Gutenberg

Schweitzer and Holzbauer will not write every year; and should Michl write one, he will soon be out-Michled.

From Project Gutenberg

Schweitzer undertook the composition, but owing to the interruption caused by his "Alceste" he did not finish it.

From Project Gutenberg

Schweitzer's music 18 was in fact much applauded, and he was judged to have accomplished more than the poet.

From Project Gutenberg

Wieland received a commission to write a new opera, which Schweitzer was to compose under his immediate direction.

From Project Gutenberg