martin

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Turkish - Turkish
Tek kurşun atan bir çeşit tüfek
Tek kurşun atan bir çeşit tüfek: "At martini Debreli Hasan, dağlar inlesin / Drama mahpusunda, aman dostlar dinlesin."- Halk türküsü
martin eden
Jack London'ın, otobiyografi niteliğindeki ünlü romanı
martin scorsese
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English - English
A patronymic surname
An English habitational surname for someone who lived near a mere
A male given name originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint

What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,.

Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying
{n} a bird of the swallow kind, an animal
A European surname derived from the given name
originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint
An English habitational surname for some who lived near a mere
{i} male first name; family name
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding
United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)
{i} any of several birds from the swallow family
United States singer (1917-1995)
A martin is a small bird with a forked tail. American painter whose landscapes include Lake Sanford (1870) and The Harp of the Winds (1895). American actress who appeared in numerous Broadway hits, including Peter Pan (1954) and The Sound of Music (1959-1960). a small bird like a swallow (from Saint Martin; probably because the birds fly to a new home around Martinmas (November 11)). orig. Oddo Colonna born 1368, Genazzano, Papal States died Feb. 20, 1431, Rome Pope (1417-31). His election at the Council of Constance marked the end of the Western Schism. He condemned conciliar theory (see Conciliar movement) and any appeals of papal judgment on matters of faith. Martin rejected French efforts to persuade him to live at Avignon (see Avignon papacy). Instead he returned to Rome (1420), where he helped to rebuild the ruined city. He also tried to recover control of the Papal States. He mediated in the Hundred Years' War and organized crusades against the Hussites, and he asserted the rights of the church against the crown. Any of several species of songbirds in the family Hirundinidae. In the U.S., the name refers to the purple martin (Progne subis), at 8 in. (20 cm) long, the largest U.S. swallow. The sand martin, or bank swallow (Riparia riparia), a 5-in. (12-cm) brown-and-white bird, breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere, nesting in sandbank burrows. The house martin (Delichon urbica), blue-black above and white-rumped, is common in Europe. The African river martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina) of the Congo is black, with red eyes and bill. Amis Martin Bormann Martin Buber Martin Bülow Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl prince von Charcot Jean Martin Delany Martin Robison Dies Martin Jr. Frobisher Sir Martin Furtwängler Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Hall Charles Martin Heade Martin Johnson Heidegger Martin Robert Martin Hull Charles Martin Jones King Martin Luther Jr. Lipset Seymour Martin Lockheed Martin Corp. Luther Martin Martin du Gard Roger Martin of Tours Saint Martin V Martin Agnes Martin Mary Virginia Martin Paul Martin Steve Mulroney Martin Brian Niemöller Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Siemens Martin process Rathke Martin Heinrich Ryle Sir Martin Saint Martin Schongauer Martin Scorsese Martin Marie Françoise Thérèse Martin Van Buren Martin Zinkernagel Rolf Martin Edith Anna Oenone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin Martins Peter
any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows
United States actress (1913-1990)
any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas United States singer (1917-1995) United States actress (1913-1990) United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
Martin-Bell syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Martin Amis
born Aug. 25, 1949, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. British writer and critic. The son of writer Kingsley Amis, he graduated from Oxford University in 1971. He worked for the Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman before becoming a full-time writer. His works including the novels Money (1984), London Fields (1989), and Night Train (1998) as well as the short-story collection Heavy Water (1999) feature inventive word play and often scabrous humour as they satirize the horrors of modern urban life. Amis also published an acclaimed autobiography, Experience (2000), and an idiosyncratic volume centred on Joseph Stalin, Koba the Dread (2002)
Martin Bormann
born June 17, 1900, Halberstadt, German Empire died May 1945, Berlin, Ger. German Nazi leader. He joined the Nazi party in 1925 and served as Rudolf Hess's chief of staff (1933-41). He was appointed head of the party chancellery in 1941 and became one of Adolf Hitler's closest lieutenants. A shadowy but extremely powerful presence, Bormann controlled all legislation, party promotions and appointments, and the personal access of others to Hitler. He disappeared shortly after Hitler's death. Though some reports allege that he escaped to South America, German authorities officially declared him dead after exhuming his presumed remains
Martin Brian Mulroney
born March 20, 1939, Baie-Comeau, Que., Can. Prime minister of Canada (1984-93). The son of an electrician in a paper-and-pulp town, he grew up bilingual in English and French. He began practicing law in Montreal in 1965. In 1974 he served on a commission to investigate crime in Quebec's construction industry. From 1977 to 1983 he was president of the Iron Ore Company. Elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1983, he became prime minister when the party defeated the Liberals in the general election in 1984. Creating a coalition of Quebec nationalists and western conservatives, he advocated unification while recognizing Quebec as a "distinct society." He sought U.S. cooperation on acid rain and trade policies and helped negotiate NAFTA. He retired from politics in 1993
Martin Buber
(1878-1965) Jewish philosopher, Zionist leader, translator of the Old Testament into German
Martin Buber
born Feb. 8, 1878, Vienna, Austria-Hungary died June 13, 1965, Jerusalem German Jewish religious philosopher and biblical translator. Brought up in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine), he studied in Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, and Zürich. Friedrich Nietzsche's heroic nihilism led Buber, a nonobservant Jew, to Zionism. He advocated Jewish-Arab cooperation in Palestine and saw Hasidism as a healing power for the malaise of modern Judaism. Under Nazi pressure, he emigrated to Palestine in 1938, and he taught at Hebrew University until 1951. I and Thou (1923) expresses Buber's belief that the human (I) encounters God (Thou) as a distinct being, rather than merging in mystical union. The Bible was for Buber derived from the encounter between God and his people, but he rejected many of the Talmud's laws as emerging from a relationship in which God was objectified rather than truly addressed
Martin Frobisher
{i} Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594), English seaman who explored Baffin Island and after whom Frobisher Bay is named
Martin H Rathke
born Aug. 25, 1793, Danzig, Prussia died Sept. 3, 1860, Königsberg German anatomist and embryologist. He was the first to describe gill slits and gill arches in mammal and bird embryos. He thought they were vestigial gills but recognized their significance in development of the associated blood vessels. He first described the Rathke pouch (1839), an embryonic structure that develops into the pituitary gland's anterior lobe. He also did pioneering marine zoology research
Martin Heidegger
(1889-1976) influential German philosopher
Martin Heidegger
born Sept. 26, 1889, Messkirch, Schwarzwald, Ger. died May 26, 1976, Messkirch, W.Ger. German philosopher. He taught at the universities of Marburg (1923-27) and Freiburg (1927-44). In 1927 he published his magnum opus, Being and Time. It strongly influenced Jean-Paul Sartre and other existentialists, and, despite Heidegger's protestations, he was classed as the leading atheistic existentialist. His declared purpose in the work was to raise anew the question of the meaning of being. His preliminary analysis of human existence (Dasein, or "being-there") employed the method of phenomenology. In the early 1930s his thought underwent a Kehre ("turning around"), which some have seen as an abandonment of the problem of Being and Time. Heidegger joined the Nazi Party in 1933 and supported Hitler's policies as rector of Freiburg (1933-34) and less actively through the end of the war. His complicity with the Nazis, which he never publicly disavowed, has prompted debates about whether his philosophy is inherently "totalitarian." Heidegger's work strongly influenced hermeneutics and poststructuralism
Martin Heinrich Rathke
born Aug. 25, 1793, Danzig, Prussia died Sept. 3, 1860, Königsberg German anatomist and embryologist. He was the first to describe gill slits and gill arches in mammal and bird embryos. He thought they were vestigial gills but recognized their significance in development of the associated blood vessels. He first described the Rathke pouch (1839), an embryonic structure that develops into the pituitary gland's anterior lobe. He also did pioneering marine zoology research
Martin Indyk
American ambassador to Israel (1995)
Martin Johnson Heade
born Aug. 11, 1819, Lumberville, Pa., U.S. died Sept. 4, 1904, St. Augustine, Fla. U.S. painter. He studied in Europe and Britain, then returned to the U.S. to take up portrait and landscape painting. An avid naturalist, he made extensive trips in South and Central America and the Caribbean (1863-70), where he produced luminous, meticulously detailed images of the tropical forests and landscapes. The New England coast and the rocky shore of Lake George, N.Y., also inspired notable paintings. He was a leading exponent of luminism
Martin Jr. Dies
born Nov. 5, 1901, Colorado, Texas, U.S. died Nov. 14, 1972, Lufkin, Texas U.S. politician. He received a law degree from National University in Washington, D.C. in 1920. After practicing law in Texas, he won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (1931-45, 1953-59). Though originally a supporter of the New Deal, by 1937 he had turned against it. In 1938 he was named chairman of the newly created House Un-American Activities Committee; popularly known as the Dies Committee, it pursued alleged communist subversives in New Deal agencies and labour unions. Wheareas conservatives applauded the exposure of supposedly disloyal government and union officials, liberals accused Dies of smearing reputations with unproved charges
Martin Lewis Perl
{i} (born 1927) United States physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton
Martin Luther
a German religious leader whose ideas have had great influence on religion in Europe. In 1517, he started the Reformation (=the time when many Christians in Europe left the Catholic religion and started the Protestant religion) by writing his 95 Theses, in which he criticized the Catholic religion. He also translated the Bible from Latin into German (1483-1546). born Nov. 10, 1483, Eisleben, Saxony died Feb. 18, 1546, Eisleben German priest who sparked the Reformation. The son of a miner, he studied philosophy and law before entering an Augustinian monastery in 1505. He was ordained two years later and continued his theological studies at the University of Wittenberg, where he became a professor of biblical studies. He was shocked by the corruption of the clergy on a trip to Rome in 1510 and was later troubled by doubts centring on fear of divine retributive justice. His spiritual crisis was resolved when he hit on the idea of justification by faith, the doctrine that salvation is granted as a gift through God's grace. He urged reform of the Roman Catholic church, protesting the sale of indulgences and other abuses, and in 1517 he distributed to the archbishop of Mainz and several friends his Ninety-Five Theses (according to legend, Luther nailed the theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg); the theses questioned Roman Catholic teaching and called for reform. In 1521 he was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms (see Worms, Diet of). Under the protection of the elector of Saxony, Luther took refuge in Wartburg. There he translated the Bible into German; his superbly vigorous translation has long been regarded as the greatest landmark in the history of the German language. He later returned to Wittenberg, and in 1525 he married the former nun Katherina von Bora, with whom he raised six children. Though his preaching was the principal spark that set off the Peasants' War (1524-25), his vehement denunciation of the peasants contributed to their defeat. His break with Rome led to the founding of the Lutheran Church (see Lutheranism); the Lutheran confession of faith or, Augsburg Confession, was produced with Luther's sanction by Philipp Melanchthon in 1530. Luther's writings included hymns, a liturgy, and many theological works
Martin Luther
{i} (1483-1546) German theologian and writer, one of the leaders of the Reformation, founder of Lutheranism
Martin Luther Jr. King
born Jan. 15, 1929, Atlanta, Ga., U.S. died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn. U.S. civil-rights leader. The son and grandson of Baptist preachers, King became an adherent of nonviolence while in college. Ordained a Baptist minister himself in 1954, he became pastor of a church in Montgomery, Ala.; the following year he received a doctorate from Boston University. He was selected to head the Montgomery Improvement Association, whose boycott efforts eventually ended the city's policies of racial segregation on public transportation. In 1957 he formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and began lecturing nationwide, urging active nonviolence to achieve civil rights for African Americans. In 1960 he returned to Atlanta to become copastor with his father of Ebenezer Baptist Church. He was arrested and jailed for protesting segregation at a lunch counter; the case drew national attention, and presidential candidate John F. Kennedy interceded to obtain his release. In 1963 King helped organize the March on Washington, an assembly of more than 200,000 protestors at which he made his famous "I have a dream" speech. The march influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and King was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace. In 1965 he was criticized from within the civil-rights movement for yielding to state troopers at a march in Selma, Ala., and for failing in the effort to change Chicago's housing segregation policies. Thereafter he broadened his advocacy, addressing the plight of the poor of all races and opposing the Vietnam War. In 1968 he went to Memphis, Tenn., to support a strike by sanitation workers; there on April 4, he was assassinated by James Earl Ray. A U.S. national holiday is celebrated in King's honour on the third Monday in January
Martin Luther King
a black US religious leader who became the most important leader of the civil rights movement and worked hard to achieve social changes for black people. He was a great public speaker, and many people remember his famous speech that starts with the words "I have a dream". He encouraged people to try to achieve changes without using violence, and in 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1968 he was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. In the US there is a national holiday in January to celebrate his birthday (1929-68)
Martin Luther King Day
{i} holiday in the United States observed on the 3rd Monday in January commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King Day
an American holiday on the third Monday in January to remember the day that Martin Luther King Jr. was born
Martin Luther King, Jr.
{i} (1929-1968) black American clergyman and civil rights leader, winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, outspoken advocate of nonviolent protest (assassinated by James Earl Ray)
Martin Niemöller
born Jan. 14, 1892, Lippstadt, Ger. died March 6, 1984, Wiesbaden, W.Ger. German theologian. A war hero as a submarine commander in World War I, he became a minister in 1924. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he protested their interference in church affairs and helped combat discrimination against Christians of Jewish background. As founder of the anti-Nazi Confessing Church, he worked to oppose Adolf Hitler. Arrested in 1937, he was interned until 1945. After the war he helped rebuild the Evangelical Church. Increasingly disillusioned with prospects for demilitarization, he became a controversial pacifist; for his efforts to extend friendship ties to Soviet-bloc countries, he received the Lenin Peace Prize (1967) and West Germany's Grand Cross of Merit (1971)
Martin Perl
{i} Martin Lewis Perl (born 1927), United States physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton
Martin R Delany
born , May 6, 1812, Charles Town, Virginia, U.S. died Jan. 24, 1885, Xenia, Ohio U.S. abolitionist and physician. After working in Pittsburgh, Pa., as a doctor's assistant, he founded a newspaper, Mystery, in the 1840s to publicize the grievances of blacks; he later copublished the North Star (1846-49) with Frederick Douglass. One of the first blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School (1850-51), he later practiced in Pittsburgh. He developed a strong interest in foreign colonization by black Americans and went to Africa to investigate sites. He moved to Canada in 1856 and returned early in the American Civil War to recruit for the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, for which he also served as surgeon. He was made a major, the first black to receive a regular army commission. He later served in the Freedmen's Bureau
Martin Robison Delany
born , May 6, 1812, Charles Town, Virginia, U.S. died Jan. 24, 1885, Xenia, Ohio U.S. abolitionist and physician. After working in Pittsburgh, Pa., as a doctor's assistant, he founded a newspaper, Mystery, in the 1840s to publicize the grievances of blacks; he later copublished the North Star (1846-49) with Frederick Douglass. One of the first blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School (1850-51), he later practiced in Pittsburgh. He developed a strong interest in foreign colonization by black Americans and went to Africa to investigate sites. He moved to Canada in 1856 and returned early in the American Civil War to recruit for the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, for which he also served as surgeon. He was made a major, the first black to receive a regular army commission. He later served in the Freedmen's Bureau
Martin Schongauer
born 1445/50, Colmar, Alsace died Feb. 2, 1491, Breisach, Baden German painter and printmaker. Though a prolific painter whose panels were sought in many countries, it was as an engraver that he was unrivaled in northern Europe. His engravings, consisting of about 115 plates, represent a highly refined manifestation of the late Gothic spirit. He brought engraving to maturity by expanding its range of contrasts and textures, bringing an artist's sensibility to an art hitherto the domain of goldsmiths. The grace of his work became proverbial in his lifetime, giving rise to such nicknames as Hübsch ("Charming") Martin and Schön ("Beautiful") Martin
Martin Scorsese
a US film director whose films often deal with violent subjects. He has made many of his films with the actor Robert De Niro, including Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), and Cape Fear (1991) (1942- ). born Nov. 17, 1942, Flushing, N.Y., U.S. U.S. film director. Scorsese earned a graduate degree in filmmaking at New York University. After directing several short films, he won critical attention for his feature film Mean Streets (1973) and was widely praised for Taxi Driver (1976); both films starred his frequent lead actor, Robert De Niro. Noted for his realistic, violent portrayals of New York street life, innovative camera work, classic film knowledge, and a spirited cynicism, he rose to the top rank of American directors with such films as Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), GoodFellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), and Gangs of New York (2002)
Martin Scorsese
{i} (born 1942) United States film director who directed "Taxi Driver " and "Ranging Bull
Martin Sheen
{i} (born 1940 as Ramon Estevez) United States movie actor, father of Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen
Martin V
Pope (1417-1431) who restored the authority of the Church in the Papal States
Martin Van Buren
{i} (1782-1862) 8th president of the United States (1837-1841)
Martin Van Buren
the eighth president of the US, from 1837 to 1841 (1782-1862). born Dec. 5, 1782, Kinderhook, N.Y., U.S. died July 24, 1862, Kinderhook Eighth president of the U.S. (1837-41). He served in the New York Senate (1812-20) and as state attorney general (1816-19). An informal group of his political supporters came to be known as the Albany Regency because they dominated state politics even while Van Buren was in Washington. He was elected to the U.S. Senate (1821-28), where he supported states' rights and opposed a strong central government. After John Quincy Adams became president, he joined with Andrew Jackson and others to form a group that later became the Democratic Party. He was elected governor of New York (1828) but resigned to become U.S. secretary of state (1829-31). He was nominated for vice president at the first Democratic Party convention (1832) and served under Jackson (1833-37). As Jackson's chosen successor, he defeated William H. Harrison to win the 1836 election. His presidency was marked by an economic depression, the Maine-Canada border dispute (see Aroostook War), the Seminole Wars in Florida, and debate over the annexation of Texas. He was defeated in his bid for reelection and failed to win the Democratic nomination in 1844 because of his antislavery views. In 1848 he was nominated for president by the Free Soil Party but failed to win the election and retired
martin luther king jr's birthday
observed on the Monday closest to January 15
Mary Martin
born Dec. 1, 1913, Weatherford, Texas, U.S. died Nov. 3, 1990, Rancho Mirage, Calif. U.S. singer and actress. She co-owned a dancing school in her native Weatherford, Texas, before moving in 1938 to New York City, where she won a small part in the musical Leave It to Me and became famous for her rendition of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." She appeared in movies before returning to Broadway to star in One Touch of Venus (1943). Martin originated the role of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949-53) and later starred in Peter Pan (1954, Tony Award; television version, 1955), The Sound of Music (1959, Tony Award), and I Do, I Do (1966)
Mary Virginia Martin
v. born Dec. 1, 1913, Weatherford, Texas, U.S. died Nov. 3, 1990, Rancho Mirage, Calif. U.S. singer and actress. She co-owned a dancing school in her native Weatherford, Texas, before moving in 1938 to New York City, where she won a small part in the musical Leave It to Me and became famous for her rendition of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." She appeared in movies before returning to Broadway to star in One Touch of Venus (1943). Martin originated the role of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949-53) and later starred in Peter Pan (1954, Tony Award; television version, 1955), The Sound of Music (1959, Tony Award), and I Do, I Do (1966)
all my eye and Betty Martin
rubbish, humbug

Oh, that's all my eye and Betty Martin! Nobody believes that, I should hope.

house martin
A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Delichon urbicum
sand martin
A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia
sand-martin
a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family

But the red light was on the columns of the Parthenon, and the Greek women who were knitting their stockings and sometimes crying to a child to come and have the insects picked from its head were as jolly as sand-martins in the heat, quarrelling, scolding, suckling their babies, until the ships in the Piraeus fired their guns.

Agnes Martin
born March 22, 1912, Maklin, Sask., Can. Canadian-born U.S. painter. She moved to the U.S. in 1932 and became a U.S. citizen in 1940. She studied at Columbia Teachers College and taught at the University of New Mexico. She had her first solo exhibition in 1958. A prominent exponent of geometric abstraction, for her, a gray grid of intersecting penciled lines became the ultimate geometric composition. In the 1970s she produced printed equivalents of her paintings; a notable series of silkscreens, On a Clear Day (1973), were produced after her mathematically annotated sketches. Her work has been connected with Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism
Aston Martin
a type of fast sports car made by the British company Aston Martin
Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl prince von Bülow
born May 3, 1849, Klein-Flottbek, near Altona, Ger. died Oct. 28, 1929, Rome, Italy German imperial chancellor and Prussian prime minister (1900-09). After holding a number of diplomatic posts, he was appointed state secretary for the foreign department in 1897. He quickly became a potent force and succeeded to the chancellorship in 1900. In cooperation with William II, he pursued a policy of German aggrandizement in the years preceding World War I. He was unable to prevent the formation of the English-French-Russian alliance against Germany (see Entente Cordiale; Triple Entente) and increased international tension with the first of the Moroccan crises
Charles Martin Hall
born Dec. 6, 1863, Thompson, Ohio, U.S. died Dec. 27, 1914, Daytona Beach, Fla. U.S. chemist. He attended Oberlin College, where, soon after graduating in 1885, he discovered the method of producing aluminum by electrolysis (simultaneously with Paul Héroult), an innovation that brought the metal into wide commercial use. Supported by the Mellon family, he formed the Pittsburgh Reduction Co. (later Alcoa). The need for cheap and plentiful power led the company to Niagara Falls, where in 1895 it became the first customer for Niagara's new power plant
Dean Martin
{i} (1917-1995) United States singer and movie actor (born under the name Dino Crocetti)
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller
born Jan. 14, 1892, Lippstadt, Ger. died March 6, 1984, Wiesbaden, W.Ger. German theologian. A war hero as a submarine commander in World War I, he became a minister in 1924. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he protested their interference in church affairs and helped combat discrimination against Christians of Jewish background. As founder of the anti-Nazi Confessing Church, he worked to oppose Adolf Hitler. Arrested in 1937, he was interned until 1945. After the war he helped rebuild the Evangelical Church. Increasingly disillusioned with prospects for demilitarization, he became a controversial pacifist; for his efforts to extend friendship ties to Soviet-bloc countries, he received the Lenin Peace Prize (1967) and West Germany's Grand Cross of Merit (1971)
Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler
born Jan. 25, 1886, Berlin died Nov. 30, 1954, near Baden-Baden, W.Ger. German conductor and composer. After private composition studies with Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901), he debuted in 1906. His revised Te Deum (1910) established him as a composer, and in 1917 his work as a guest conductor in Berlin earned him high praise. He succeeded Richard Strauss at the Berlin State Opera, and Arthur Nikisch (1855-1922) at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Berlin Philharmonic, becoming especially associated with the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner. Though criticized for staying in Germany during the Nazi era, he was no friend of the regime, continuing to program modern music and helping Jewish musicians to escape. He was formally exonerated of complicity with the Nazis, but public hostility dogged his later years
Jean-Martin Charcot
born Nov. 29, 1825, Paris, Fr. died Aug. 16, 1893, Morvan French medical teacher and clinician. With Guillaume Duchenne (b. 1806 d. 1875) he is considered the founder of modern neurology. In 1882 he opened Europe's greatest neurological clinic of the day. An extraordinary teacher, he was known for his work with hysteria and hypnosis, which influenced many students, including Sigmund Freud. He described the symptoms of locomotor ataxia and the disintegration of ligaments and joint surfaces it causes (Charcot disease, Charcot joint), pioneered the linking of brain sites with specific functions, and discovered miliary aneurysms in the brain
Jr. Paul Joseph Martin
in full Paul Joseph Martin, Jr. born Aug. 28, 1938, Windsor, Ont., Can. Canadian prime minister (from 2003). The son of Paul Joseph Martin, who served as a minister in four Liberal governments, the younger Martin studied law at the University of Toronto and was called to the bar in 1966. Instead of practicing law, however, he joined Canada Steamship Lines, a freight carrier that he purchased in 1981. From 1993 to 2002 Martin, a member of the Liberal Party, served as the minister of finance in Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's government. Highly successful in the post, Martin eliminated a large budget deficit, achieved five consecutive budget surpluses, and secured the largest tax cut in Canadian history. In 2003 Martin succeeded Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister
Lockheed Martin
American conglomerate, manufacturer of aircraft engines and advanced communications equipment
Lockheed Martin Corp
U.S. diversified company that is one of the world's largest aerospace manufacturers. It was established in 1995 through the merger of Lockheed Corp. (formed 1926 as Lockheed Aircraft Co.) and Martin Marietta Corp. (formed 1961 from the merger of Martin Co. and American-Marietta Co.). During World War II, Lockheed established a secret division ("Skunk Works") that became the leading U.S. developer of military aircraft (e.g., F-104 fighter, U-2 and SR-71 spy planes, and F-117A stealth fighter). In the early 1970s its financially troubled production of the L-1011 TriStar commercial jetliner necessitated its rescue from bankruptcy by massive U.S. government aid. Lockheed's work in missile development resulted in the Polaris, Poseidon, and Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile systems; in the space sector its activities included the construction and systems integration of the Hubble Space Telescope. In the early 1990s, in partnership with Boeing Co., it contracted to build the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter (first flown 1997). Martin Co.'s major business after World War II was the development of rockets (e.g., Titan) and electronics systems for the U.S. government. Later, as Martin Marietta, it constructed the Viking Mars landers and the Magellan spacecraft to Venus and designed and produced the external fuel tank for the space shuttle. In the mid-1990s Lockheed Martin formed a joint venture, International Launch Services, with the Russian firms Energia and Khrunichev to market commercial space launch services
Paul Martin
in full Paul Joseph Martin, Jr. born Aug. 28, 1938, Windsor, Ont., Can. Canadian prime minister (from 2003). The son of Paul Joseph Martin, who served as a minister in four Liberal governments, the younger Martin studied law at the University of Toronto and was called to the bar in 1966. Instead of practicing law, however, he joined Canada Steamship Lines, a freight carrier that he purchased in 1981. From 1993 to 2002 Martin, a member of the Liberal Party, served as the minister of finance in Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's government. Highly successful in the post, Martin eliminated a large budget deficit, achieved five consecutive budget surpluses, and secured the largest tax cut in Canadian history. In 2003 Martin succeeded Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister
Remy Martin
brand of French cognac
Roger Martin du Gard
born March 23, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France died Aug. 22, 1958, Bellême French novelist and dramatist. Originally trained as a paleographer and archivist, he brought to his literary works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for detail. He first attracted attention with the novel Jean Barois (1913), the story of an intellectual torn between the Roman Catholic faith of his childhood and the scientific materialism of his maturity. He is best known for the eight-novel cycle Les Thibault (1922-40), the record of a family's development that chronicles the social and moral issues facing the French bourgeoisie in the pre-World War I era. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel
born Jan. 6, 1944, Basel, Switz. Swiss immunologist and pathologist. He received his Ph.D. from the Australian National University. Studying T cells in mice infected with a meningitis virus, he and Peter Doherty found that those from one infected mouse would destroy infected cells from another only if the mice belonged to the same genetic strain: no immune response occurs unless the T cells recognize two signals, those of the virus and those identifying the cell as "self." In 1992 he became head of the University of Zürich's Institute of Experimental Immunology. In 1996 he and Doherty shared a Nobel Prize
Saint Martin
island located in the Leeward Islands (West Indies); French bishop who is a patron saint of France who died in 397
Saint Martin
Dutch Sint Maarten Island, Leeward Islands, eastern West Indies. Located northwest of Saint Kitts and Nevis, it covers an area of 33 sq mi (85 sq km). Discovered by Christopher Columbus, it was divided in 1648 between the French and the Dutch. The northern section of the island (20 sq mi [52 sq km]) is a dependency of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe; its chief town is Marigot (pop., 1990: 26,000). The island's southern section (13 sq mi [34 sq km]) is administratively part of the Netherlands Antilles; its main town is the island's capital, Philipsburg (pop., 1990: 32,000). The island's economy is based on tourism
Saint Martin of Tours
born 316, Sabaria, Pannonia died Nov. 8, 397, Candes, Gaul; Western feast day, November 11; Eastern feast day November 12 Patron saint of France. Born a pagan, he converted to Christianity at age
Saint Martin of Tours
He was forced to join the Roman army but asked to be released because service was incompatible with his Christianity. After imprisonment he settled in Poitiers and then became a missionary on the Balkan Peninsula. He returned to Poitiers in 360 and founded the first monastery in Gaul. In 371 he was made bishop of Tours. A second monastery he founded, at Mormoutier, became a great monastic complex. St. Martin was known as a miracle worker in his own lifetime and was one of the first venerated saints who was not a martyr
Seymour Martin Lipset
born March 18, 1922, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. sociologist and political scientist. He received his bachelor's degree from the City College of New York and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, where he later taught (1950-56). While teaching at the University of California, Berkeley (1956-66), he also served as director of its Institute of International Studies (1962-66). Since then he has taught at Harvard University, Stanford University, and George Mason University. His many books about class structure, elite behaviour, and political parties have significantly shaped the study of comparative politics
Sir Martin Frobisher
born 1535, Yorkshire, Eng. died Nov. 22, 1594, Plymouth, Devon English navigator and early explorer of Canada's northeastern coast. Searching for the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean, he crossed the Atlantic in 1576 and reached Labrador and Baffin Island, discovering Frobisher Bay. Returning to England with reports of possible gold mines, he obtained royal backing for further expeditions in 1577 and 1578; when he brought back nothing of value, his backing collapsed. In 1585 he sailed as vice admiral of Sir Francis Drake's expedition to the West Indies, and in 1588 he played a prominent part in the campaign against the Spanish Armada
Sir Martin Ryle
born Sept. 27, 1918, Brighton, Sussex, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1984, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British radio astronomer. After receiving a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Oxford, he helped design radar equipment during World War II. He was an early investigator of extraterrestrial radio signals. Ryle guided the Cambridge radio astronomy group in the production of radio source catalogs. The Third Cambridge Catalogue (1959) helped lead to the discovery of the first quasar. To map distant radio sources, he developed a technique called aperture synthesis, which provided tremendously increased resolving power for radio telescopes and was used to locate the first pulsar. In 1974 he and Antony Hewish shared a Nobel Prize
St Martin-in-the-Fields
a church in London which has a small orchestra that performs concerts there. It is also an important centre for helping people who do not have homes
Steve Martin
(born 1945) United States comic actor and screenwriter, star of "The Jerk" and "All of Me", former cast member on the television series "Saturday Night Live
Steve Martin
born Aug. 14, 1945, Waco, Texas, U.S. U.S. comedian and writer. He began writing for the Smothers Brothers in 1967. In the 1970s he wrote for and performed on shows such as Saturday Night Live. His slapstick and absurdist humour were showcased in The Jerk (1979), which he both wrote and starred in. His other film comedies include All of Me (1984), Roxanne (1987), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Parenthood (1989), L.A. Story (1991), Bowfinger (1999), and Bringing Down the House (2003). He wrote the stage play Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1995)
The martin
martinet
bank martin
swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
house martin
common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses
house martin
An Old World bird (Delichon urbica) having blue-black plumage, white rump and underparts, and a forked tail. Also called martlet. a small black and white European bird of the swallow family
martins
plural of martin
purple martin
A large North American swallow (Progne subis) having glossy, blue-black plumage and, in the female, a light-colored breast
purple martin
large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
saint martin
an island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands
sand martin
{i} tiny European songbird that nests in tunnels dug in sand banks (related to the swallow)
Turkish - English
Martini rifle
siemens-martin fırını
open-hearth furnace
siemens-martin yöntemi
open-hearth process
martin

    Hyphenation

    mar·tin

    Turkish pronunciation

    märtın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmärtən/ /ˈmɑːrtən/

    Etymology

    () From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix. Furthermore, the name Mars is likely to have been brought into Latin from elsewhere, likely the Etruscan Maris which was their name for the same deity.

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