muller

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
  2. noun Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
  3. noun German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)

Etymology

From mull (“to heat and spice, etc.”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

In classic literature

Synonyms

Paul Hermann Muller

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