Shamir

[ shah-meer ]

noun

1. Yitz·hak [yits-, hahk], 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.

Shamir

/ ʃæˈmɪə /

noun

1. ShamirYitzhak19152012MIsraeliPolishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Yitzhak (ˈjɪtʒæk). 1915–2012, Israeli statesman, born in Poland: prime minister (1983–84; 1986–92): foreign minister (1980–83; 1984–86)

Example Sentences

Preserving sperm has “great meaning” to bereaved families, says Dr Itai Gat, director of the sperm bank at Shamir Medical Center – who himself performs the surgery.

From BBC

His second foray into publishing was a children’s book, “Ben and Emma’s Big Hit,” which he co-wrote with Ruth Shamir and Alexandra Thompson illustrated.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2011, a WikiLeaks staffer named James Ball quit after learning that a Russian “peace activist” named Israel Shamir, a longtime friend of Assange’s, was providing raw intelligence files to the interior minister of Belarus.

From Slate

My cousin Mubarak Awad was deported by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir for crisscrossing the occupied Palestinian territories and distributing the Arabic translation of Harvard professor Gene Sharp’s writings on nonviolence.

From Los Angeles Times

The Thai foreign ministry statement said the released workers crossed into Israel and were on their way to Hatzerim air base for processing, after which they would be sent to the Shamir Medical Center, where embassy officials would meet them.

From Washington Times