top definitions
examples

Fulbright

[ foo l-brahyt ]

/ ˈfʊlˌbraɪt /

noun

(James) William,1905–95, U.S. politician: senator 1945–74.

Informal.

a grant awarded under the provisions of the Fulbright Act.
a person who receives such a grant.

Example sentences from the Web for fulbright

He moved there on a Fulbright fellowship after college, but only weeks after arriving, he suffered a terrible climbing accident.

“Now we wonder why this has all gone so wrong.” |Frederick Deknatel |November 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Lauren E. Bohn is a 2010-2011 Fulbright fellow and multimedia journalist.

Silicon Valley on the Nile? |Lauren Bohn |October 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Barton decided to defer his Fulbright teaching scholarship in Russia to work for Mayors for Illegal Guns.

Victim of Aurora Shooting Endorses Gun Control |Eliza Shapiro |October 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He had been a Fulbright film student at Syracuse University, but had returned to Syria to document the uprising.

Columbia Student Says Sheherazad Jaafari Doesn’t Belong At Public-Policy School |Jesse Singal |June 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

She has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship in creative writing and will be headed to Nairobi, Kenya, in 2011.

Respect the Midwest! |Anna Clark |January 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST