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Fulbright|ˈfʊlbraɪt|
The name of Senator William Fulbright, of Arkansas, U.S.A., designating the Fulbright Act (Public Law 584 of the 79th Congress), of 1 August 1946, which authorized agreements with foreign countries by which local currencies acquired by the American government from the sale of surplus war property might be used for financing higher learning; hence applied attrib. to a grant, etc., awarded by virtue of such agreements, or to a person holding such a grant or position, as Fulbright professor, Fulbright scholar. Also ellipt. Hence ˈFulbrighter colloq., the holder of a Fulbright grant.
1951Times Educ. Suppl. 23 Mar. 229/2, 23 visiting American lecturers and 20 research scholars are..here with Fulbright awards. 1952M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) x. 197 Percy copped a Fulbright to lecture on Amiel in Lebanon. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Nov. 680/1 Professor Jayne's year of research in England, supported by Fulbright and Guggenheim funds. 1958Times 22 Sept. 11/6 A party of some 200 Americans disembark... If you..asked who they were, you might well be given the laconic reply: ‘Fulbrighters.’ 1958S. Ellin Eighth Circle (1959) ii. i. 28 He went to Oxford on a Fulbright. 1959Encounter Oct. 38/2 Some stranded Fulbrights, a Mexican pundit, a Lapp. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 647/1 A Fulbright scholar. |