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Schweinfurt

[shvahyn-foo rt]
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noun
  1. a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
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Historical Examples

  • He was apprenticed to the town piper of Suhl and became organist at Schweinfurt.

    Bach

    Charles Francis Abdy Williams

  • Green edges are often produced by using Schweinfurt's green or silk-green.

  • A solution of Schweinfurt green has been used with some success; its cost is $2.50 per acre.

  • His birthplace is supposed to be Schweinfurt, but it is to be sought, in reality, somewhere on the banks of the Euphrates.

  • He became organist at Schweinfurt, and ultimately director of the town musicians at Erfurt.

    Sebastian Bach

    Reginald Lane Poole

British Dictionary definitions for schweinfurt

Schweinfurt

noun
  1. a city in central Germany, in N Bavaria on the River Main. Pop: 54 601 (2003 est)
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