Breuer

American  

[broi-er] / ˈbrɔɪ ər /

noun

1. Josef 1842–1925, Austrian neurologist: pioneer in psychoanalytic techniques.

2. Marcel Lajos 1902–81, Hungarian architect and furniture designer, in the U.S. after 1937.

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Breuer British  

/ ˈbrɔɪə /

noun

1. Josef (ˈjoːzɛf). 1842–1925, Austrian physician: treated the mentally ill by hypnosis

2. Marcel Lajos (mɑːˈsɛl ˈlɔjoʃ). 1902–81, US architect and furniture designer, born in Hungary. He developed bent plywood and tubular metal furniture and designed the UNESCO building in Paris (1953–58)

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Example Sentences

Breuer joined the army of what was then West Germany in 1984, when he was 19.

From BBC

His proposed addition to Marcel Breuer’s original Whitney Museum would have hovered above it with predatory menace, like an 11-story concrete praying mantis.

From The Wall Street Journal

KLAIPEDA, Lithuania—Germany’s top military officer, Gen. Carsten Breuer, stood astride a map of Lithuania laid out on the floor of a makeshift command post in this port city on the Baltic Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Jack Smith, a career prosecutor, conducted this investigation based on the facts and based on the law and nothing more," Breuer told reporters.

From Barron's

“The Breuer is a work of art itself so it elevates everything.”

From The Wall Street Journal