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Germans

(Encyclopedia) Germans, great ethnic complex of ancient Europe, a basic stock in the composition of the modern peoples of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, N Italy, the…

Brewer's: German

or Germaine (g soft). Pertaining to, related to, as cousins-german (first cousins), german to the subject (bearing on or pertinent to the subject). This word has no connection with German…

Foreign Languages: German

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Foreign Languages German Deutsch Plus Online (BBC on-line multimedia course) Resources & Links for German Foreign Languages FAQ…

Brewer's: Cousin-german

The children of brothers and sisters, first cousins; kinsfolk. (Latin, germánus, a brother, one of the same stock.) “There is three cozen-germans that has cozened all the hosts of Reading…

Brewer's: Brother German

A real brother. (Latin, germanus, of the same stock; germen, a bud or sprout.) “Te in germani fratris dilexi loco.” —Terence Andria, I. 5, 58. A uterine brother is a brother by the mother'…

Brewer's: German Comb

The four fingers and thumb. “Se pygnoit du pygne d' Almaing” (Rabelais,) He combed his hair with his fingers. Oudin, in his Dictionnaire, explains pygne d' Aleman by “los dedos et la dita…

Brewer's: German Silver

is not silver at all, but white copper, or copper, zinc, and nickel mixed together. It was first made in Europe at Hildberg-hausen, in Germany, but had been used by the Chinese time out of…

Brewer's: Coryphaeus of German Literature

(The). Goethe, “prince of German poets” (1749-1812). “The Polish poet called upon ... the great Coryphæus of German literature.”- See Notes and Queries, 27th April, 1878. Source:…