Sapir

[ suh-peer ]
/ səˈpɪər /

noun

Edward,1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.

Example sentences from the Web for sapir

  • In the Hebrew the Beautiful place is expressed by the word Sapir, which some take for the proper name of a city.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version |Various

British Dictionary definitions for sapir

Sapir
/ (səˈpɪə, ˈseɪˌpɪə) /

noun

Edward. 1884–1939, US anthropologist and linguist, noted for his study of the ethnology and languages of North American Indians