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Herr

American  
[her, hair] / hɛr, hɛər /

noun

  • Herren
    plural
  1. the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.


Herr British  
/ hɛr /

noun

  1. a German man: used before a name as a title equivalent to Mr

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Herr

From German


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Still, strong earnings growth thus far has limited the negative impact of rising yields on certain tech stocks, according to Jack Herr, senior investment analyst at GuideStone Funds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Earnings and fundamentals are still driving this market,” said Jack Herr, senior investment analyst at GuideStone Funds.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

To that end, he launched Snowcap with two co-founders, Chief Science Officer Anna Herr, a physicist, and Chief Technical Officer Quentin Herr, an electrical engineer, the inventors of the company’s superconducting technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Bach wrote this for a certain Herr Goldberg seeking serenity to put him to sleep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Herr Friedrick Thiessen is on holiday in France.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

For example, Herren noted the long-dominant mosquito species in Kenya fell off in the mid-2000s, around the same time that insecticide-treated nets were widely distributed.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2023

Allison Herren Lee, a former commissioner and interim chair at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has worked as an enforcement lawyer and inside a mismanaged business.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

The group was founded by former professional basketball player Chris Herren.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022

But Herren said a global shortage of parts such as computing chips, memory chips and even power supplies will pressure gross margins in the company's hardware business, which Cisco also forecasts will keep growing.

From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2021

London, and the fourth to Herren Klopstock & Billreuth, bankers, Buda-Pesth.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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