Fulbright

Definition: Fulbright

Fulbright

Noun

1. United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995).

Synonyms: Fulbright

Synonyms: James William Fulbright (n), William Fulbright (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Fulbright

Domain	Title
Books	Controlling Broadcasting: Access Policy and Practice in North America and Europe (The Fulbright Papers: Proceedings of Colloquia, Vol 13) (reference) Roberta: A Most Remarkable Fulbright (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Us Student Fulbright Grants And Other Grants For Graduate Study And Research Abroad (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Fulbright

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Senator J. William Fulbright in question over trip to Cyprus. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Fulbright

Author	Quotation
J. William Fulbright	The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
	In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but its effects.
	In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fulbright

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Since 1992, the U.S. fulbright Program has provided 30 grants per year to Vietnamese students and professionals studying economic, public management and policy subjects. (references)
Economic History	Chile	Of special note are extensive U.S. Speaker, International Visitor, and Fulbright programs. (references)
	Algeria	The United States has a modest exchange program in Algeria, which includes Humphrey and Fulbright Educational grants. (references)
	Senegal	The cultural exchange program consists of three Fulbright professors and about 20-30 international visitor grants per year. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Fulbright

"Fulbright" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Fulbright" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	50%	4	175,879
Noun (singular)	50%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Fulbright

The following table summarizes the usage of "Fulbright" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Fulbright	Last name	1,000	8,486
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Fulbright

Expressions using "Fulbright": James William Fulbright ♦ William Fulbright. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fulbright

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fulbright	189	j william fulbright	4
fulbright scholarship	182	fulbright jaworski l.l.p	4
fulbright and jaworski	130	fulbright theasis.gr	4
fulbright scholar	40	fulbright william	3
fellowship fulbright	18	fulbright hayes	3
fulbright program	18	exchange fulbright program teacher	3
fulbright grant	12	association fulbright	3
commission fulbright	8	fulbright scholarship program	3
fulbright award	7	corey fulbright	2
fulbright program scholar	7	fulbright healthsouth	2
fulbright jaworski llp	6	fulbright india	2
exchange fulbright teacher	6	fulbright houston jaworski	2
fulbright india.org	6	commision fulbright	2
foundation fulbright	5	comission fulbright	2
fulbright fund memorial	5	fulbright georgetown	2
fulbright hay	4	fulbright peru	2
exchange fulbright	4	application fulbright	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fulbright

Language		Translations for "Fulbright"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		富布賴特 . (various references)

Pig Latin		ulbrightfay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Fulbright

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-f-g-h-i-l-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: rightful.
	-3 letters: blight, bright, flight, fright.
	-4 letters: bight, birth, blurt, brugh, bruit, built, burgh, fight, filth, firth, flirt, frith, fruit, girth, grift, grith, guilt, light, right, thirl, thurl.
	-5 letters: bhut, birl, blur, brig, brit, brut, buhl, buhr, burg, burl, flit, flub, frig, frit, frug, furl, gift, gilt, girl, girt, glib, glut, grit, grub, gulf.
	Words containing the letters "b-f-g-h-i-l-r-t-u"
	+2 letters: bullfighter.
	+3 letters: bullfighters.
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