Luther

  1. Proper noun.  Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation.
  2. Proper noun.  (chiefly, US) (given name, male) , transferred use of the German surname of Martin Luther, Germanic ''liut'' "people" + ''heri,hari'' "army", derived from the given name that appears as Lothar in modern German.
  3. Proper noun.  (sense, rare) (surname, from Middle English) from Middle English ''luthier'' "lute player".

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