Laski

[ las-kee ]

noun

1. Harold Joseph, 1893–1950, English political scientist and writer.

Laski

/ ˈlæskɪ /

noun

1. LaskiHarold (Joseph)18931950MEnglishPOLITICS: political scientistPOLITICS: socialist leader Harold ( Joseph ). 1893–1950, English political scientist and socialist leader

Example Sentences

Clement Attlee, Britain’s prime minister from 1945 to 1951, once told Harold Laski, chairman of Attlee’s Labour Party, that “a period of silence on your part would be welcome.”

From Washington Post

Traveling safely was at the top of Mr. Pancoe and Ms. Laski’s priority list.

From New York Times

Visiting the sites of ancient Egypt had long been on the bucket list of Alexander Pancoe, 34, and Nina Laski, 27, of Chicago.

From New York Times

Laski was a prominent politician and the leading socialist intellectual of the day; he was enough of a Marxist to have a taste for the word ‘revolution’.

From Literature

“I don’t care to boss my neighbors and to require them to want something different from what they do,” he told Harold Laski, “even when, as frequently, I think their wishes more or less suicidal.”

From Washington Post