Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
Hessian .
Etymologies
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Examples
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These are Germans, remember, not what we call Hessians; not the kind that are destined to make Pennsylvania a byword; not the kind that advance in clogs but retreat in seven-league boots.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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The Hessians are a simple, kindly people, pleasant, and good tempered.
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England intended to crush the colonies and hired German troops, called Hessians, in addition to her own forces.
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But Washington was already planning a raid against the German mercenaries called Hessians who were stationed in the town of Trenton.
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Washington's success in this affair of the surprise of the Hessians has been the cause of this unhappy change in our affairs.
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Among the Mercenaries, popularly known as Hessians, employed by England against America during the war of our Revolution, was Gottfried Brückmann.
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The presence of one of the 'Hessians' at Mrs. Dumars 'house gave it much the same attraction that is attached to a menagerie.
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German soldiers, commonly called "Hessians," was sent to occupy New
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The German mercenaries, the "Hessians," of popular speech, are supposed to have brought it to this country.
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Then, interrogated by Perker, he described the tenants of the inn by their boots -- a pair of "Hessians" in 13, two pair of "halves," with six "tops."
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