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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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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

Herr Hartig, who wasn't Jewish, appears to have offered the family a solution to the impending confiscation of their assets by the Nazis.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2025

The Minerwa factory, says Herr Braun, our director, sweating in his suit while standing on a crate, is a system of rules and regulations, where we, the workers, will be valued.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Jeremy Herren, who studies malaria at the Nairobi-based International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, said there is evidence that warming temperatures influence where mosquito populations choose to live.

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

“I think that a large portion of our population is hurt, mad, outraged and confused and want to use it as way to make Park Hill South better,” Herren said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2021

"The component shortages that everyone's dealing with right now have led to price increases, and those price increases are going to be with us for quite some time," Herren told Reuters in an interview.

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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