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barbara, born 1931, u.s. reporter and television interviewer.
bruno
[broo-noh] /ˈbru noʊ/ (show ipa), (bruno schlesinger) 1876–1962, german opera and symphony conductor, in u.s. after 1939.
thomas ustick
[yoo-stik] /ˈyu stɪk/ (show ipa), 1804–87, u.s. architect.
a male given name.
contemporary examples

why, walters wanted to know, did you not feel alarmed when mark refused to commit to fidelity in his wedding vows?
the betrayed wives club lee siegel february 5, 2010

both walters, as well as linda and ken kogelman, all have their suspicions about where obama was really born.
trump’s tea party triumph jim defede april 16, 2011

ironically, the show that walters has as her goodbye vehicle ill-serves her and her reputation.
don’t remember barbara walters for ‘the view’ tim teeman april 7, 2014

indeed, the data cited by walters himself undermine his special pleading.
one war we should be happy to lose once and for all: the drug war nick gillespie june 20, 2014

you know the outcome: walters had the operation and was back with whoopi and the gang four months later.
barbara walters opens up about her heart surgery howard kurtz february 1, 2011

historical examples

walters’ instructions were just like the rest—to go to new york and stick on the job until the german conspirator was apprehended.
on secret service william nelson taft

the girls started to follow the boys, but miss walters checked them.
billie bradley at three towers hall janet d. wheeler

“that is just what i want you to do,” said miss walters gravely.
billie bradley at three towers hall janet d. wheeler

i shudder to think of what will happen when miss walters hears the truth.
billie bradley at three towers hall janet d. wheeler

let’s be honest, walters, are not you and i exhibiting much the same att-tude towards this extraordinary child?
the wonder j. d. beresford

noun
(german) (ˈvaltər). bruno (ˈbruːno), real name bruno walter schlesinger. 1876–1962, us conductor, born in germany: famous for his performances of haydn, mozart, and mahler
(ˈwɔːltə). john. 1739–1812, english publisher; founded the daily universal register (1785), which in 1788 became the times

masc. proper name, from old north french waltier (old french gautier), of germanic origin; cf. old high german walthari, walthere, literally “ruler of the army,” from waltan “to rule” (see wield) + hari “host, army” (see harry). walter mitty (1939) is from t-tle character in “the secret life of walter mitty” by u.s. short story writer james thurber (1894-1961).