Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name , a rare spelling variant ofAdolph . Very rarely given to children after World War Two, because of the association with AdolfHitler .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am amazed, he wrote, that sometimes even the name Adolf Hitler escapes me.
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I am amazed, he wrote, that sometimes even the name Adolf Hitler escapes me.
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The name Adolf Hitler was never mentioned in our history classes.
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The name Adolf Hitler was never mentioned in our history classes.
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His life ended the long and fabled career of the name Adolf, which had included the stories of Adolph Zukor, Adolphe Menjou, Adolph Ochs, and Adolph Coors.
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Quite a few boys in the grades above us were called Adolf—a name that had been popular for babies born in the early war years—but we had no Adolfs in our class or in the younger grades.
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Quite a few boys in the grades above us were called Adolf—a name that had been popular for babies born in the early war years—but we had no Adolfs in our class or in the younger grades.
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I feel for the people stuck with the name Adolf during and after Hitler's horrific reign.
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"Adolf" - to 40 years in prison after he was convicted of murder, cruel treatment, plunder and inhumane acts.
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The 1933 Reichstag Fire was a key event in Adolf Hitler’s ascendency to power.
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