Wassermann

[ wah-ser-muhn; German vahs-uhr-mahn ]

noun

1. Au·gust von [ou, -g, oo, st f, uh, n], 1866–1925, German physician and bacteriologist.
2. Ja·kob [yah, -kawp], 1873–1934, German novelist.

Example Sentences

The man on trial is Beau Wassermann, a gray-haired, sad-eyed, stoop-shouldered, thick-gutted, droopy-testicled Jewish loner played by a wholly committed Joaquin Phoenix.

From Los Angeles Times

A retired scientist and lawyer who worked with drug companies, Wassermann is comfortable analyzing coronavirus data.

From Washington Post

“My mode, which sounds ridiculous maybe at this point, is to be as cautious as I was at the beginning of 2020,” said Wassermann, who has received two booster doses of coronavirus vaccine.

From Washington Post

Americans like Wassermann are navigating murky waters in the latest wave of the pandemic, with highly transmissible subvariants of omicron spreading as governments drop measures to contain the virus and reveal less data about infections.

From Washington Post

Eileen Wassermann struggles to calculate her daily risk at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic — with infections drastically undercounted and mask mandates gone.

From Washington Post