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Hesses

Hesses is the plural of Hess.

Hesses is the plural of Hesse.

Meaning of Hess

Proper noun

Hess (plural Hesses)

  1. A habitational surname from German of German and Ashkenazi origin, denoting a person from Hesse.
    • The Hesses were an odd pair of counterculturalists. Karen Hess, born in Nebraska, was 59; […]2007 December 30, Betty Fussel, “Food Edenist”, in The New York Times
  2. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.

Meaning of Hesse

Proper noun

Hesse (countable and uncountable, plural Hesses)

  1. A state of modern Germany.
  2. A medieval principality and former duchy in Central Europe.
    • Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe...1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2
    Synonyms:
    Hessia, Hessen
  3. (countable) A surname from German.

Questions about Hesses

What is Hesses the plural of?
Hesses is the plural of Hess.

Words near Hesses in the dictionary

  1. Hesseman
  2. Hessemann
  3. Hessen
  4. Hesser
  5. Hessers
  6. Hesses
  7. hessian
  8. Hessian boot
  9. Hessian boots
  10. Hessian crucible
  11. Hessian crucibles

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