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Definition of Germain
1. a. See Germane.
Definition of Germain
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Germain
1. germen [n -S] - See also: germen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germain
Literary usage of Germain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"Two lines unite Paris with St. germain, the Direct Line and a line via ... The St.
germain railway passes numerous villages and country-houses. ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"... germain,' will be found copies of Sackville's Address to the Public (London,
1759, fol.), and his vindication of himself in a letter to Colonel Fitzroy ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The Declaration of Saint-germain registered at Paris, and the Treaty of Westphalia
signed at Munster on the same day, show the diverse results it home and ..."
4. History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1866)
"Overflowing afresh with bitterness for this neglect, germain adopted the plan,
... cited in Precis of operations on the 5 germain to Carleton, 26 Man-h, ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It appears that germain was accustomed to hang the trophies of the chase on a
certain tree, which in earlier times had been the scene of pagan worship. ..."
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