HERM (hermae)

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Irregular inflected form: hermae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does herm mean? 

• HERM (noun)
  The noun HERM has 1 sense:

1. a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost

  Familiarity information: HERM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("herm" is a kind of...):

statue (a sculpture representing a human or animal)