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Herm

//ˈhɜːm// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clipping of hermaphrodite. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
  2. 2
    A commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.
Noun
  1. 1
    A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.

    "herma"

  2. 2
    Clipping of hermaphrodite. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  3. 3
    a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Old Norse armr (“arm”), because of its shape.

Etymology 2

From Hermes.

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