Definition of german

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German (n.) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures..

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Germans :: Germans (pl. ) of Germa.
Drosky :: Drosky (n.) A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities..
Brother German :: Brother german () A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only..
Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..
Archchancellor :: Archchancellor (n.) A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court..
Millet :: Millet (n.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica..
Erlking :: Erlking (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children..
Germanized :: Germanized (imp. & p. p.) of Germaniz.
H :: H () The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B..
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Nickeline :: Nickeline (n.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver..
Mum :: Mum (n.) A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany..
Medlar :: Medlar (n.) A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay..
German :: German (n.) The German language.
Bundesrath :: Bundesrath (n.) The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.
Pietist :: Pietist (n.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
Burgomaster :: Burgomaster (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster..
Teuton :: Teuton (n.) One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race..
People :: People (n.) Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc..
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