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Santos-Dumont

[ san-tuhs-doo-mont, -dyoo-; Portuguese sahn-tooz-doo-mawnt ]

noun

  1. Al·ber·to [ahl-, ber, -t, oo], 1873–1932, Brazilian aeronaut in France: designer and builder of dirigibles and airships.


Santos-Dumont

/ sɑ̃todymɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Santos-DumontAlberto18731932MBrazilianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: aeronaut Alberto (albɛrto). 1873–1932, Brazilian aeronaut, living in France. He constructed dirigibles and aircraft, including a monoplane (1909)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

More than a century ago, The New York Times reported that an aviation pioneer named Alberto Santos-Dumont had “coined a word.”

Galeries Lafayette follows Apple, which opened a store in November at the corner of Rue Washington in a 19th-century apartment building that was once home to the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont.

He also put in five fellow Brazilians, including the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, represented by a 1929 pen-and-ink sketch of some of his flying machines.

In a statement on the offer he mentioned how, a century ago, Alberto Santos-Dumont, a famous aviator, complained to his friend, Louis Cartier, about the difficulty of checking his pocket watch while flying.

The review in The New York Times praised her “flutelike Santos-Dumont notes,” comparing her to a Brazilian aviation pioneer, and added, in a reference to a Wild West gunslinger: “She hit that high G as promised, but it is like Bat Masterson hitting a tomato can with a .44 at four paces.”

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