Hermes

American  

[hur-meez] / ˈhɜr miz /

noun

1. the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

2. Astronomy. a small asteroid that in 1937 approached within 485,000 miles (780,000 km) of the earth, the closest approach of an asteroid ever observed.

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Hermes ¹ British  

/ ˈhɜːmiːz /

noun

1. a small asteroid some 800 m in diameter that passed within 670 000 kilometres of the earth in 1937, and is now lost

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Hermes ² British  

/ ˈhɜːmiːz /

noun

1. Roman counterpart: Mercury.  Greek myth the messenger and herald of the gods; the divinity of commerce, cunning, theft, travellers, and rascals. He was represented as wearing winged sandals

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Hermes Cultural  

1. The messenger god of classical mythology. He traveled with great swiftness, aided by the wings he wore on his sandals and his cap. Hermes was a son of Zeus and the father of Pan.

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The caduceus, the wand of Hermes, is the traditional symbol of physicians. It has wings at the top and serpents twined about the staff.

Example Sentences

The company, which rebranded from Hermes UK in 2022, has been owned since last year by the American investment firm Apollo Global Management.

From BBC

Organisers have instead moved the ceremony at the Olympia archaeological museum, where one of Greece's most famous classical sculptures, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus by Praxiteles, is housed.

From Barron's

Sales by French luxury group Hermes, known for its silk scarves and leather handbags, defied US tariffs and a weak dollar to rise in the third quarter.

From Barron's

Sales at French luxury-fashion house Hermes RMS -4.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle continued to grow, reflecting a resilient appetite for the highest end of luxury goods even as shoppers tighten their purse strings elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal

French luxury company Hermes on Tuesday announced that a British designer, Grace Wales Bonner, is taking over its men's pret-a-porter collection from a predecessor who held the position for nearly four decades.

From Barron's