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hans
/hɑns/
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What does hans mean?
noun
- Alternative form of Hanse (“merchant guild”).
- Acronym of head and neck support.
proper noun
- A male given name from German.
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IPA pronunciation
/hɑns/
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A thoughtless whim seized Thornton, and he drew the attention of Hans and Pete to the experiment he had in mind.
I knew they were not going to work that afternoon -- St. Hans' Eve -- but habit is a strange thing.
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He came to the great hill of ice, and was as surprised as Hans had been, and found it as hard to cross.
One of Hans Virchow’s very detailed physiognomical observations concerning the expression of interest in the eyes by means of the pupil, has very considerable physiognomical value.
Sir Hans Sloane mentions a lady of sixty-eight who though not having borne a child for twenty years, nursed her grandchildren one after another.