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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the state of Hesse or its inhabitants.
noun
2.
a native or inhabitant of Hesse.
3.
a Hessian mercenary used by England during the american revolution.
4.
a hireling or ruffian.
5.
(lowercase) burlap.
6.
Also called Hessian andiron. (in the U.S.) an andiron having as an upright the figure of a Hessian soldier of the Revolutionary War.
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Word Origin & History
Hessian
from former Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel, western Germany; its soldiers being hired out by the ruler to fight for other countries, especially the British during the American Revolution, the name (unjustly) became synonymous with "mercenary." Hessian fly (Cecidomyia destructor) was a destructive parasite
EXPANDthe ravaged U.S. crops late 18c., so named in erroneous belief that it was carried into America by the Hessians.
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