PAUL VON HINDENBURG

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)

Synonyms:

Hindenburg; Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg; Paul von Hindenburg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

field marshal (an officer holding the highest rank in the army)

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

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