Papen

American  

[pah-puhn] / ˈpɑ pən /

noun

1. Franz von 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.

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Papen British  

/ ˈpaːpən /

noun

1. Franz von (frants fɔn). 1879–1969, German statesman; chancellor (1932) and vice chancellor (1933–34) under Hitler, whom he was instrumental in bringing to power

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Example Sentences

Others said they saw someone believed to have started the fire fleeing the scene, according to Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Jeffrey Papen.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021

From this group, only the former Vice-Chancellor and diplomat Franz von Papen, who had also served as German military atttaché in Washington D.C., was tried and acquitted in Nuremberg.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2021

In other races, Senate President Papen was competing for the Democratic nomination for a sixth term against Carrie Hamblen and Tracy Perry, both of Las Cruces.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2020

There had been rumours in Berlin of a meeting at Berchtesgaden yesterday between Herr Hitler, Herr von Ribbentrop, and Her von Papen, who had recently visited Moscow, but that was all.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2019

Captain von Papen, however, was not permitted to escape the clutches of the British on the ocean passage.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)