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Harman

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.
  3. 3
    A town in Randolph County, West Virginia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A policeman. obsolete

    "I Frisky Moll, with my rum coll, / Wou'd Grub in a bowzing ken; / But ere for the scran he had tipt the cole, / The Harman he came in."

  2. 2
    An indole alkaloid, 1-methyl-9H-β-carboline (C12H10N2) found in several foods, plants and beverages which is carcinogen. It is a specific, reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A.

    "Harman is a common compound in several foods, plants and beverages. Numerous studies have demonstrated its mutagenic, co-mutagenic and carcinogenic effects; however, the exact mechanism has not been fully identified."

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Hermann. * As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Haar, from the German noun Haar (“hair”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Harmann, Hermann, Herrmann. Compare Harmon.

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