hessian
- Adjective. of or relating to Hesse in Germany.
- Proper noun. a native or inhabitant of Hesse.
- Proper noun. a mercenary soldier, especially a German one who fought with the British in the American Revolutionary War.
- Noun. a type of jute.
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