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Boas
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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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