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Herr

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Boone County, Indiana, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a German-speaking man.

    "The principal singers we now learn are to be Mdlles. Krall and Jenny Meyer, Herren Schneider and Stepan."

  2. 2
    a German courtesy title or form of address for a man wordnet
  3. 3
    a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

As a title and German and Jewish surname (also found in Hungary and France), from the noun Herr (“gentleman, sir”).

Etymology 2

As a title and German and Jewish surname (also found in Hungary and France), from the noun Herr (“gentleman, sir”).

Etymology 3

As a Hmong surname, variant of Her, named after the Her clan, written in Chinese as 侯 (compare Hou).

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