Mann

[ mahn, man man ]

noun

1. Heinrich [hahyn, -rik, hahyn, -, r, i, kh], 1871–1950, German novelist and dramatist, in the U.S. after 1940 (brother of Thomas Mann).
2. Horace, 1796–1859, U.S. educational reformer: instrumental in establishing the first normal school in the U.S. 1839.
3. Thom·as [tom, -, uh, s, toh, -mahs], 1875–1955, German novelist and critic, in the U.S. after 1937: Nobel Prize 1929.

Mann

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noun

1. MannHeinrich18711950MGermanWRITING: novelist Heinrich (ˈhainrɪç). 1871–1950, German novelist: works include Professor Unrat (1905), which was filmed as The Blue Angel (1928), and Man of Straw (1918)
2. MannThomas18751955MGermanWRITING: novelist his brother, Thomas (ˈtoːmas). 1875–1955, German novelist, in the US after 1937. His works deal mainly with the problem of the artist in bourgeois society and include the short story Death in Venice (1913) and the novels Buddenbrooks (1900), The Magic Mountain (1924), and Doctor Faustus (1947): Nobel prize for literature 1929

Example Sentences

Kelsey Mann was scanning some old photos when he came to a series of pictures from his childhood birthdays and was struck by what he saw.

From Los Angeles Times

Dr Sue Mann, NHS England's national clinical director for women’s health, acknowledged some women wait too long for crucial gynaecology appointments, despite staff working hard to see more patients.

From BBC

University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael E. Mann was even more blunt than Kalmus, saying that Trump will turn America into a “petrostate.”

From Salon

“If this was Massachusetts or Ohio, she would have had that delivery within a couple hours,” said Dr. Susan Mann, a national patient safety expert in obstetric care who teaches at Harvard University.

From Salon

“It's actually pretty simple, we’ve got to get off fossil fuels as quickly as possible,” Mann said.

From Salon