Meanings
plural Ulbrichts
- A surname from German.
While Ulbricht technically remained in office as Chairman of the State Council, a position that ostensibly gave him a role as elder statesman, he was sidelined by Honecker with systematic ruthlessness.
2023, Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990, Random House, →ISBN, page 2491 more example
Two weeks before Ulbricht was sentenced, his lawyer sought to dispel the notion that his website, which enabled people around the world to anonymously buy politically disfavored intoxicants with bitcoin via the Tor network, was "a more dangerous version of a traditional drug marketplace."
2025 January 20, Jacob Sullum, “Why Trump Should Keep His Promise To Free Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht”, in Reason, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025
Origin
- GermanUlbricht
- EnglishUlbricht
Borrowed from German Ulbricht.
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