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Nicolay

American  
[nik-uh-ley] / ˌnɪk əˈleɪ /

noun

  1. John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.


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In the nearby village of Savigny-lès-Beaune, Drouhin’s sister-in-law, Claude de Nicolay, and Claude’s brother François de Nicolay run this domaine, which has been in the family since 1834.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Susanne Nicolay, nurse lead at Wellness Wheel clinic in Regina, Saskatchewan, which serves Indigenous and vulnerable populations, said providers needed to do more to expand access to health care.

From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2023

Panic was so widespread among the settlers that President Lincoln dispatched one of his private secretaries, John Nicolay, to go by train to Minnesota and render a reliable report.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2020

Board chairman John Nicolay told The State Journal-Register in Springfield that ideally the college would like to sell the 60-acre campus as one unit.

From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2020

As an author, Hay is best known for his Pike County Ballads, in which Little Breeches first appeared, and for the monumental life of Lincoln written by Nicolay and himself.

From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company