Herr

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A surname.

proper noun

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A surname.

Etymology

As a title and German and Jewish surname (also found in Hungary and France), from the noun Herr (“gentleman, sir”).

noun

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Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a German-speaking man.
The principal singers we now learn are to be Mdlles. Krall and Jenny Meyer, Herren Schneider and Stepan.
They stand in the poses of the two provincials—Herren Müller and Schultze—whose conversations (and portraits) were a regular column in the satirical paper.

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A surname.

Etymology

As a Hmongic surname, variant of Her, named after the Her clan, written in Chinese as 侯 (compare Hou).

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An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Boone County, Indiana, United States.

Forms

plural: Herrs, Herren

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Herr · A surname.

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