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PAUL LUDWIG VON BENECKENDORFF UND VON HINDENBURG

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PAUL LUDWIG VON BENECKENDORFF UND VON HINDENBURG (noun)
  The noun PAUL LUDWIG VON BENECKENDORFF UND VON HINDENBURG has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PAUL LUDWIG VON BENECKENDORFF UND VON HINDENBURG used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PAUL LUDWIG VON BENECKENDORFF UND VON HINDENBURG (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

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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