Definition of Niebuhr

1. Noun. United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971).

Exact synonyms: Reinhold Niebuhr
Generic synonyms: Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer

2. Noun. German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831).
Exact synonyms: Barthold George Niebuhr
Generic synonyms: Historian, Historiographer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Niebuhr

Nicosians
Nicotiana
Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana rustica
Nicotiana tabacum
Nicæa
Nidaros
Nide
Nidhogg
Nidri
Nidularia
Nidulariaceae
Nidulariales
Nidwalden
Niebuhr (current term)
Nieden's syndrome
Niels Abel
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik David Bohr
Nielson
Niemann's splenomegaly
Niemann-Pick cell
Niemann-Pick disease
Niemann disease
Nierembergia frutescens
Nierembergia repens
Nierembergia rivularis
Nietzsche

Literary usage of Niebuhr

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1829)
"By BG Niebuhr. Translated by Julius Charles Hare, MA and Connop Thirlwall, ... Römische Geschichte von BG Niebuhr. Erster Theil. dritte, vermehrte und ..."

2. The Methodist Review (1855)
"IIL—Niebuhr. The Life and Letters of Barthold George Niebuhr, ... Thus Niebuhr, the man, is exhibited to us under the most important aspects: not as a ..."

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