(1860–1904), Hungarian-born journalist, playwright, and Zionist leader. The founder of the Zionist movement (1897), he chiefly worked as a writer and journalist in Vienna, advocating the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.
Definition of Herzl, Theodor in US English:
Herzl, Theodor
proper nounˈhərtsəl
(1860–1904), Hungarian journalist, playwright, and Zionist leader. The founder of the Zionist movement in 1897, he worked for most of his life as a writer and journalist in Vienna.