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Hauptmann

[houpt-mahn]
noun
  1. Ger·hart [ger-hahrt] /ˈgɛr hɑrt/, 1862–1946, German dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1912.
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Historical Examples of hauptmann

  • At that time, I believe, Hauptmann had already completed his "Weavers."

    Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906

    Various

  • That was my last outing with Hauptmann in the textile regions.

  • Hauptmann Kliewer's party were going to see their battery later.

  • Like Maeterlinck, Hauptmann tries to give emotion in the mass.

    Iconoclasts

    James Huneker

  • And yet—yet is not Hauptmann Germany's most distinguished dramatist since that master?

    Iconoclasts

    James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for hauptmann

Hauptmann

noun
  1. Gerhart (ˈɡeːrhart). 1862–1946, German naturalist, dramatist, novelist, and poet. His works include the historical drama The Weavers (1892): Nobel prize for literature 1912
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