Ziegler

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UK/ˈziːɡlə/US/ˈziɡlɚ/US/ˈzɪɡlɚ/

proper noun

A surname from German

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

proper nounZiegler (plural Zieglers)

plural Zieglers

  1. A surname from German

    "This use was sporadic, sometimes 'bingeful,' but never at an addictive level," Ziegler said.

    1990 September 28, “Fuhr Suspended One Year by NHL for Using Drugs”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022
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    Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist.

    2024 August 8, Jonathan van Harmelen, “The Little-Known Group That Pioneered Watergate’s Dirty Tricks—and Changed American Politics”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024

Origin

  1. GermanZiegler
  2. EnglishZiegler

Borrowed from German Ziegler.

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APA

Ziegler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ziegler

MLA

“Ziegler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ziegler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ziegler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ziegler.

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