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bismarck
/ˈbɪzmɑɹk/
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What does bismarck mean?
noun
- A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
- A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
- A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
More meanings (9)
noun
- An apple cultivar from Australia.
- Alternative form of bismarck.
proper noun
- A surname of German origin.
- Otto von Bismarck, one of the prominent German statesmen of the nineteenth century.
- A male given name of German origin.
- A major German battleship during World War II (named after the statesman).
- The capital city of North Dakota, United States and the county seat of Burleigh County.
- (historical) A rural town in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia, formerly known as Bismarck
- (historical) A suburb of the City of Glenorchy and the Derwent Valley council area, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, formerly known as Bismarck
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɪzmɑɹk/
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The Austro-Prussian war appears to us undoubtedly the result of the crafty conduct of Bismarck, and so on.
He had relatives in Bismarck, a German settlement to the north of us, but for a year now he had been working for grandfather.
More book examples (3)
But the first friend of the telephone in Germany was Bismarck.
We can thus describe the proposition we should like to affirm, namely, 'B was an astute diplomatist', where B is the object which was Bismarck.
When they were annexed to Prussia, at first they could not believe that Count Bismarck, whatever he might do with kings, would venture to interfere with the "bank."