schnapper

American  

[shnap-er, snap-] / ˈʃnæp ər, ˈsnæp- /

noun

1. a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.

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schnapper British  

/ ˈʃnæpə /

noun

1. a variant of snapper snapper

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Etymology

Origin of schnapper

1820–30; variant of snapper; sch < German

Example Sentences

“He understood a few months ago,” Ms. Schnapper said of the president’s position on secularism.

From New York Times

The shift has pleased people like Dominique Schnapper, a sociologist and president of the Council of the Wise, a group created by the education ministry in 2018 to reinforce the secular doctrine in public schools.

From New York Times

Dominique Schnapper, who advises the French government on secularism in education, told Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur that some Muslim parents in France did not want their three, four or five-year-old daughters mixing with boys at school.

From BBC

“Our democracy was established against the Catholic Church and the monarchy, and laïcité is the way that democracy was organized in France,” said Dominique Schnapper, a sociologist and president of the Council of the Wise, a group created by the government in 2018 to reinforce laïcité in public schools.

From New York Times

Ms. Schnapper, the president of the Council of the Wise, said of Mr. Anzorov’s years in France’s public schools.

From New York Times