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Bo·as  (bz), Franz 1858-1942.
German-born American anthropologist who emphasized the systematic analysis of culture and language structures.
Boas [ˈbəʊæz (German) ˈboːas]
n
(Biographies / Boas, Franz (1858-1942) M, USnational of birth: German, SOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologist) Franz (frants). 1858-1942, US anthropologist, born in Germany. He made major contributions to cultural and linguistic anthropology in studies of North American Indians, including The Mind of Primitive Man (1911; 1938)
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The crushing power of one of these boas, some of which reach a length of thirty feet, with a body as large around as that of a full-grown man, is enormous.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
He adds, "The Indians often find enormous boas, which they call Uji or water serpents, in the same lethargic state.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
It gladdened him --a gladness with a sigh breathing through it--to see the stream of ladies, gliding along the slippery sidewalks, with their red cheeks set off by quilted hoods, boas, and sable capes, like roses amidst a new kind of foliage.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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