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IPA transcription: ['fɪʃɚ]

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Noun

  • German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945)

  • German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919)

  • United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943)

Usage examples

  • Fischer insisted that a Staunton chess set from Jaques of London be used.
  • Most of his music was published by Carl Fischer.
  • He was the grandfather of Bram Fischer, a noted anti-apartheid activist.
  • She also took private lessons from the renowned philosopher and Sanscrit scholar Kuno Fischer.
  • The autumn after their arrival, Fischer came home from work one evening, looking terrified.
  • This time they lost to Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer of Denmark.
  • Albert Fischer lived with his Frau Heidi and his son Oliver in Buch on the lake Ammersee.
  • List of books and documentaries by or about Bobby Fischer
  • Sasol commercially employs Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to make fuels from synthesis gas derived from coal.
  • Together with Stanley Fischer he also wrote widely used undergraduate textbooks.