Straus

[strous; Ger. shtrous]

noun

Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).

Nathan, 1848–1931, U.S. retail merchant, born in Bavaria.

Os·car

[os-ker; Ger. aws-kahr] , 1870–1954, Austrian composer.

Oscar Solomon, 1850–1926, U.S. diplomat, jurist, and government official, born in Bavaria: Secretary of commerce and Labor 1906–09.

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Straus (straʊs)

—n
	Oscar (ɔskar). 1870--1954, French composer, born in Austria, noted for such operettas as Waltz Dream (1907) and The Chocolate Soldier (1908)

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