Definition of Rasmussen

1. Noun. Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933).

Exact synonyms: Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen
Generic synonyms: Ethnologist, Adventurer, Explorer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rasmussen

Rarotongan
Rarotongans
Ras Algethi
Ras Tafari
Ras Tafari Makonnen
Rascolnik
Rascolniks
Rashomon effect
Rasht
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rask
Raskolnik
Raskolnikov
Raskolniks
Rasmus Christian Rask
Rasmussen (current term)
Rasmussen's aneurysm
Rasputin
Rasputinesque
Rasta
Rastafari
Rastafarian
Rastafarianism
Rastafarians
Rastaman
Rastamen
Rastas
Rastelli's operation
Rastus
Rathke's bundles

Literary usage of Rasmussen

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

1. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1914)
"Mr. Rasmussen: I have had it on the strawberry patch for two years. ... Mr. Rasmussen: The longer the better. I would like it six or seven years, ..."

2. Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders: In Connection with the by Joseph Gaston (1911)
"JOHN PETER Rasmussen. JP Rasmussen was educated in the public schools of his ... The business was afterward incorporated with Mr. Rasmussen as president and ..."

3. Two Summers in Greenland: An Artist's Adventures Among Ice and Islands, in by Andreas Christian Riis Carstensen (1890)
"Mr. Rasmussen and his servant Godman—Greenlanders travel out to see the world, and I go with them—The island of ..."

4. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1884)
"6, 1884, Rasmussen reports two cases of ossification of the brachialis ... Rasmussen is inclined to believe that the affection is caused by rupture of ..."

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