HERMANN

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• HERMANN (noun)
  The noun HERMANN has 1 sense:

1. German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)

  Familiarity information: HERMANN used as a noun is very rare.

• HERMANN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Armin; Arminius; Hermann

Instance hypernyms:

German (a person of German nationality)

hero (a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength)

 Context examples 

On her next visit she brought Hermann von Schmidt along with her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Hermann Von Schmidt, Marian's husband, had likewise been interviewed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Hermann von Schmidt chuckled in his little repair shop and decided to order a new lathe.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"He can't never keep his money, that's sure," Hermann von Schmidt confided to his wife.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"That Hermann of yours has been talking to you."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But, Marian, why should your Hermann be jealous of my writing poetry about my own sister?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And to dinner Martin came, making himself agreeable with the fat wholesale butcher and his fatter wife—important folk, they, likely to be of use to a rising young man like Hermann Von Schmidt.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

So Hermann von Schmidt found it a goodly asset to have Martin for a brother-in-law, but in his heart of hearts he couldn't understand where it all came in.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Martin talked with the superintendent of the Asa agencies, and after dinner he drew him aside with Hermann, whom he backed financially for the best bicycle store with fittings in Oakland.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Having read of his sailing in the morning papers, Bernard Higginbotham, Gertrude, and all the family came to say good-by, as did Hermann von Schmidt and Marian.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)