Adler

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Ad·ler ˈäd-lər

ˈad-

Alfred 1870–1937 Austrian psychiatrist

Adler

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Ad·ler ˈad-lər

Cyrus 1863–1940 American educator and scholar

Adler

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Felix 1851–1933 American educator and reformer

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Mortimer Jerome 1902–2001 American philosopher

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