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Schiff

Schiff proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Schiff (plural Schiffs)

  1. A surname from German.
    • The resolution accuses [Adam] Schiff of misleading the American people while pursuing the congressional investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign as the then-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and for actions Schiff took leading up to the former president’s first impeachment....2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2023
    1. A Jewish surname from Yiddish

Forms of Schiff

pluralSchiffs

Origin of Schiff

Borrowed from German Schiff.

Words formed from Schiff

Phrases with Schiff

Questions about Schiff

What does Schiff mean?
Schiff means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Schiff?
Schiff is a proper noun.

Words near Schiff in the dictionary

  1. Schiesser
  2. Schiessers
  3. Schieve
  4. Schifano
  5. Schifanos
  6. Schiff
  7. Schiff base
  8. Schiff bases
  9. Schiff test
  10. Schiffler
  11. Schiffler point

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