Definition of Kroeber

1. Noun. United States anthropologist noted for his studies of culture (1876-1960).

Exact synonyms: Alfred Kroeber, Alfred Louis Kroeber
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kroeber

Krissy
Krista
Kristen
Kristevan
Kristi
Kristianstad
Kristie
Kristin
Kristina
Kristine
Kristopher
Kristy
Kriti
Kriva Palanka
Krk
Kroeber (current term)
Kroeberian
Krogh
Krogh spirometer
Kromayer
Kromayer's lamp
Kronecker
Kronecker's stain
Kronecker delta
Kronecker product
Kronig
Kronig's isthmus
Kronig's steps
Kronlein
Kronlein's hernia

Literary usage of Kroeber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Mr. AL Kroeber presented a collection of animal tales of Eskimo, in part as made by ... Dr. Kroeber subjoined a list of recorded Eskimo animal tales. ..."

2. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1902)
"PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE MOHAVE INDIANS By AL Kroeber The following account, published by permission, is a preliminary sketch of the Mohave tribe, ..."

3. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"72 While many amateur anthropologists worked for the survey, the fieldworkers generally consisted of students trained by either Boas, Putnam, and/or Kroeber ..."

4. The Ethno-geography of the Pomo and Neighboring Indians by Samuel Alfred Barrett (1908)
"3 ON THE EVIDENCES OF THE OCCUPATION OF CERTAIN REGIONS BY THE MIWOK INDIANS BY AL Kroeber. Since Mr. Barrett's paper on the Geography and Dialects of the ..."

5. Boas Anniversary Volume: Anthropological Papers Written in Honor of Franz by Berthold Laufer, H. A. Andrews (1906)
"BY AL Kroeber. IN a paper opening the " American Anthropologist" for 1903, the numerous distinct native linguistic families of California were classified ..."

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