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Erastus

[ ih-ras-tuhs; German ey-rahs-toos ]

noun

  1. ճdz· [tom, -, uh, s, toh, -mahs], 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
  2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “lovable.”


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“There is nothing controversial about that,” foreign relations officer Erastus Hailwa said.

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“The declaration is hollow,” Emsie Erastus, a Namibian researcher, wrote in a BBC essay, adding that the settlement had been crafted “seemingly to avoid any legal culpability.”

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“Over 140 countries have declared support for opening negotiations on a global plastic treaty,” said Erastus Ooko, the plastics engagement lead for Greenpeace Africa.

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Germany's long-awaited apology for last century's mass killing in Namibia has opened fresh questions about how Europe confronts its colonial past in Africa, argues Namibian analyst Emsie Erastus.

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Vawter Hall, a dorm constructed in the 1960s, is named for Charles Erastus Vawter Sr., a member of the board of visitors from 1886 until 1900.

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