noun
1. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964)
• Syn: ↑Arthur Marx, ↑Harpo
• Member Holonyms: ↑Marx Brothers
2. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)
• Syn: ↑Leonard Marx, ↑Chico
• Member Holonyms: ↑Marx Brothers
3. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977)
• Syn: ↑Julius Marx, ↑Groucho
• Member Holonyms: ↑Marx Brothers
4. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)
• Syn: ↑Herbert Marx, ↑Zeppo
• Member Holonyms: ↑Marx Brothers
5. founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)
• Syn: ↑Karl Marx
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/mahrks/; Ger. /mahrddks/, n.
Karl (Heinrich) /kahrl huyn"rik/; Ger. /kahrddl huyn"rddikh/, 1818-83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
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[märks]Karl (Heinrich) (1818 - 83), German political philosopher and economist, resident of England from 1849. The founder of modern communism with Friedrich Engels, he collaborated with him in the writing of the Communist Manifesto (1848) and enlarged it into a series of books, most notably the three-volume Das Kapital
Useful english dictionary. 2012.