RUDOLF HESS

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• RUDOLF HESS (noun)
  The noun RUDOLF HESS has 1 sense:

1. Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)

  Familiarity information: RUDOLF HESS used as a noun is very rare.

• RUDOLF HESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hess; Rudolf Hess; Walther Richard Rudolf Hess

Instance hypernyms:

German Nazi; Nazi (a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party)