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HESSE

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Overview

HESSE (noun)
  The noun HESSE has 1 sense:

1. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


HESSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hermann Hesse; Hesse

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))


 Context examples 


The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), were born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in the German state of Hesse.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)



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