Definition of Rudolf hess

1. Noun. Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987).

Exact synonyms: Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess
Generic synonyms: German Nazi, Nazi

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rudolf Hess

Rubus ursinus
Rubus ursinus loganobaccus
Ruby
Ruby Murray
Rud's syndrome
Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia laciniata
Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia
Rudbeckia serotina
Rudge
Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Karl Bultmann
Rudolf Karl Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Mossbauer
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Serkin
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Wurlitzer
Rudolph
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolphine
Rudra
Rudy
Rudyard

Literary usage of Rudolf hess

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1916)
"Among several English volumes which Johann rudolf hess of Zurich brought to that city on returning from London about 1614 were ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"rudolf hess. Univ. Strassburg. Z. Kinder- heilk. 12, 409-39(1915).—In a large number of cases the acidity of the infant stomach is not sufficient for pepsin ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... in an unhappy moment of uncertainty and premonition last September, named Marshal Goring to succeed him, and rudolf hess to succeed Goring. ..."

4. Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California by Commonwealth Club of California (1903)
"... Paul W. Harvey William Hay R. Arthur Hayler Dr. Edward H. Heims Clarence E. Heller Willis E. Henderson rudolf hess AB Hood Prof. ..."

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