Mann

[mahn, man, man]

noun

1. Heinrich 1871–1950, German novelist and dramatist, in the U.S. after 1940 (brother of Thomas Mann).

2. Horace, 1796–1859, U.S. educational reformer: instrumental in establishing the first normal school in the U.S. 1839.

3. Thomas 1875–1955, German novelist and critic, in the U.S. after 1937: Nobel Prize 1929.

Mann

/ man /

noun

1. Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1871–1950, German novelist: works include Professor Unrat (1905), which was filmed as The Blue Angel (1928), and Man of Straw (1918)

2. his brother, Thomas (ˈtoːmas). 1875–1955, German novelist, in the US after 1937. His works deal mainly with the problem of the artist in bourgeois society and include the short story Death in Venice (1913) and the novels Buddenbrooks (1900), The Magic Mountain (1924), and Doctor Faustus (1947): Nobel prize for literature 1929

Example Sentences

BOE member Catherine Mann said Thursday policy must remain restrictive for longer to combat inflation.

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From Thomas Mann to Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith, Michael Dibdin and Donna Leon, novelists have been drawn to the watery labyrinth where solid ground routinely crumbles and where certainty—even identity itself—might dissolve.

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Mann said the BOE could help close the “consumption gap” and boost growth by keeping its key rate high and taming inflation.

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Last week, Combs' lawyers asked the judge to consider an acquittal or new trial, citing objections over the Mann Act.

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Combs' lawyers have also argued that he was unjustly convicted under the Mann Act and applying the 1910 law to Combs' case is "unprecedented".

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