Straus
noun
1.
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
2.
Nathan, 1848–1931, U.S. retail merchant, born in Bavaria.
kər4.
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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| 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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