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HERMAN
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• HERMAN (noun)
The noun HERMAN has 1 sense:
1. United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
Familiarity information: HERMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Herman; Woodrow Charles Herman; Woody Herman
Instance hypernyms:
bandleader (the leader of a dance band)
jazz musician; jazzman (a musician who plays or composes jazz music)
Context examples
This confirmed me in the opinion I have long entertained, that the maps and charts place this country at least three degrees more to the east than it really is; which thought I communicated many years ago to my worthy friend, Mr. Herman Moll, and gave him my reasons for it, although he has rather chosen to follow other authors.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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