Lasker

[ lahs-kuhr ]

noun

1. E·ma·nu·el [ey-, mah, -noo-el], 1868–1941, German chess player, mathematician, and author.

Lasker

/ ˈlæskə /

noun

1. LaskerEmanuel18681941MGermanSPORT AND GAMES: chess player Emanuel. 1868–1941, German chess player: world champion (1894–1921)

Example Sentences

In 2008, he received a Lasker Award, the most prestigious prize in medicine next to the Nobel, for his medical research.

From New York Times

"We want to understand what changes in your brain when you pay attention to something in the environment, because attention greatly affects your ability to discern stimuli," said John Maunsell, PhD, the Albert D. Lasker Distinguished Service Professor of Neurobiology and Director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Chicago, and co-author of the study.

From Science Daily

Holst arranged for Boult to hear a version of the piece at the piano, played by two of his colleagues, Vally Lasker and Nora Day.

From New York Times

Documents from Lasker’s archive at the Royal College of Music in London show that this way of introducing “The Planets” to other artists wasn’t so unusual in its genesis.

From New York Times

In an introduction to the piece given by Lasker on BBC radio in 1951, she said, “We had the great joy of introducing the work to all the great conductors in this country, and, after the war, to many of the great continental conductors.”

From New York Times