schweitzer

1. 1.

   French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)

   SynonymsAlbert Schweitzer

   Broadermissionaryphilosopherdoctororganist

Other forms of schweitzer

plural

schweitzers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about schweitzer

What does schweitzer mean?

schweitzer means "French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)".

How many syllables are in schweitzer?

schweitzer has 2 syllables: schweit-zer. The stress falls on "schweit". In IPA it is /ˈʃwaɪtsɚ/.

What is another word for schweitzer?

Close synonyms include Albert Schweitzer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is schweitzer a common word?

schweitzer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.