Definition of Behring

1. Noun. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741).

Exact synonyms: Bering, Vitus Behring, Vitus Bering
Generic synonyms: Navigator

Medical Definition of Behring

1. Emil A. Von, German bacteriologist and Nobel laureate, 1854-1917. See: Behring's law. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Behring

Begonia semperflorens
Begonia socotrana
Begonia tuberhybrida
Begoniaceae
Beguez Cesar disease
Begum
Behcet
Behmen
Behmenism
Behr
Behr's disease
Behr's syndrome
Behrens
Behring
Behring's law
Behrouz
Beige Book
Beijing
Beijing dialect
Beijing opera
Beijinger
Beijingers
Beira
Beirut
Beis Din
Beit Din
Beja

Literary usage of Behring

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

1. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"It means that there was nothing in those Treaties which interfered with Russia's assertion and exercise of exclusive rights in behring Sea mentioned in ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"The case of the United States, including reports of behring Sea Commission, ... behring Sea Commission. Report of commission and of British commissioners, ..."

3. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe: With a Historical Review of by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1881)
"Tlie position of behring Island—Its inhabitants—The discovery of the island by behring—Bob-ring's death—Steller—The former and present Fauna on the island: ..."

4. Treaties and Topics in American Diplomacy by Freeman Snow (1894)
"It was evident that up to this time, our State Department realized the inconsistency of the position of treating behring Sea as a mare ..."

5. Cases and Opinions on International Law: With Notes and a Syllabus by Freeman Snow (1893)
"A. THE behring SEA ARBITRATION, 1893.1 May a State exercise jurisdiction on the high seas for the purpose of protecting fur-seals, which, for several months ..."

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