noun
1. United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
• Syn: ↑Reinhold Niebuhr
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑theologian, ↑theologist, ↑theologizer, ↑theologiser
2. German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831)
• Syn: ↑Barthold George Niebuhr
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑historian, ↑historiographer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.