Hauptmann

American  

[houpt-mahn] / ˈhaʊptˌmɑn /

noun

1. Gerhart 1862–1946, German dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1912.

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Hauptmann British  

/ ˈhaʊptman /

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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Example Sentences

But just as he is making progress, he turns a corner and is brought to an abrupt stop by Hauptmann and his Luger.

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His cat-and-mouse game with Hauptmann is expertly plotted; his desperate mission through the streets of Rome is brilliantly paced.

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Obersturmbannführer Paul Hauptmann’s iron grip on the city is a stranglehold that restricts freedom of movement and expression.

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Hauptmann believes that a “nuisance of a priest” is involved with an escape line and instructs his deputy to take necessary action: “Let’s get this weed uprooted.”

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Bruno Hauptmann was sentenced to death in the kidnapping and death of Baby Lindbergh, but police always believed, but never proved, that someone within the Lindbergh household was also involved.

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