51Թ

Advertisement

Advertisement

Nobel

[noh-bel]

noun

  1. Alfred Bernhard 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist: founding benefactor of the Nobel Prizes.



Nobel

/ əʊˈɛ /

noun

  1. Alfred Bernhard (ˈalfreːd ˈbæːrnhard). 1833–96, Swedish chemist and philanthropist, noted for his invention of dynamite (1866) and his bequest founding the Nobel prizes

“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
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Almost all of them emigrated to the United States and the U.K., winning a vast number of Nobel prizes in the ensuing years.

From

She was a Swedish writer who received the Nobel Prize.

From

Ngũgĩ was tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature countless times, leaving fans dismayed each time the medal slipped through his fingers.

From

"The argument that is implied is that, somehow, somebody eminent who won a Nobel Prize knew something and we ignored it. It's just not true. It's not what happened," he said.

From

Solidarity's Jaco Kleynhans went further, saying Trump deserved a Nobel Prize for "putting the farm murder crisis on the international agenda".

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


nobbyNobelist