Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a courtesy title in a German-speaking area, prefixed to the surname or professional title of a man.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lord; master: used in German as a title of respectful or conventional address, either prefixed to the name like the equivalent Mister (Mr.) in English, as Herr Braun, Mr. Brown, or without the name and usually with the possessive pronoun ‘my,’ as mein Herr, literally ‘my lord,’ equivalent to English
sir , or plural meine Herren, equivalent to Englishgentlemen . The Dutch form heer is similarly used. Seemynheer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
- noun a German courtesy title or form of address for a man
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Agamemnon, however, had happily studied up the German word "Herr," and he applied it to the German, inviting him by signs to take a seat in the other carryall.
The Peterkin Papers Lucretia Peabody 1886
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Agamemnon, however, had happily studied up the German word "Herr," and he applied it to the German, inviting him by signs to take a seat in the other carryall.
The Peterkin Papers 1860
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Lois Herr is accusing the Chester County Republican Committee of breaking the law in its support of Congressman Joe Pitts.
John Morgan: Lois Herr Files Complaint With FEC John Morgan 2010
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Sounds a lot like: "Das ist verboten, Mein Herr!" disgusting .......
'Party Loyalty Oath' would prevent Republicans from backing Crist 2010
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Well Mein Herr Brok: we might just take up your offer.
Archive 2007-08-19 2007
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Well Mein Herr Brok: we might just take up your offer.
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Did the progressives make a fool out of you again Herr Goering?
Think Progress » Fox Gets ‘Fair And Balanced’ Access to Guantanamo 2006
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"When you can stream content this high-resolution, you can start thinking about movie theaters as a place where live events can be displayed -- sports, fashion, politics, anything," said Laurin Herr of Pacific Interface, an Oakland-based tech consulting firm that produced the demonstration.
Boing Boing: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005 Archives 2005
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Yet another cautionary tale of life in Herr Bush's Amerika.
09/26/2004 2004
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Again Herr Ermenrich flew straight toward the moon.
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