Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest Germany on the Moselle River near the Luxembourg border. Settled by the Treveri, an eastern Gaulish people, it was an important commercial center under the Romans and later as part of the Holy Roman Empire. The city was under French control from 1797 until 1815.
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- proper noun A city in
Rhineland-Palatinate ,Germany , on the banks of theMoselle river.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The test is called the Trier Social Stress Test, named after the university, Trier University in Germany, where it was developed.10
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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The test is called the Trier Social Stress Test, named after the university, Trier University in Germany, where it was developed.10
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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However, Von Trier is the master of great one viewing movies.
J.D.’s Top 10 Great Movies No One Should Have to Watch More Than Once » Scene-Stealers 2008
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The test is called the Trier Social Stress Test, named after the university, Trier University in Germany, where it was developed.10
Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010
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Mr von Trier is ultimately too much the cynic and pessimist to permit a false feel-good ending.
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What I watched it again several years later I still felt (and feel) that von Trier is capable of exposing the innards of humanity, the guts and viscera of the human psyche.
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Another famous alumnus from New Trier is Scott Turow, lawyer and author of lawyer-based books, including Presumed Innocent …
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I think I’m also happy that we live in a world where someone like Lars Von Trier is well-known enough to be the object of a parody like this.
LOL: What If Lars Von Trier Directed Tourism Ads? | /Film 2010
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As far as I’m concerned, Von Trier is less enfant terrible and more terrible infant.
Animated fox face-off between Lars von Trier and Wes Anderson | EW.com 2009
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He studied theology in Trier, which is one of my favorite German cities.
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