Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hess

4 senses of hess

Sense 1
Hess, Dame Myra Hess -- (English pianist (1890-1965))
       INSTANCE OF=> pianist, piano player -- (a person who plays the piano)

Sense 2
Hess, Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess -- (Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973))
       INSTANCE OF=> physiologist -- (a biologist specializing in physiology)

Sense 3
Hess, Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess -- (Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987))
       INSTANCE OF=> Nazi, German Nazi -- (a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party)

Sense 4
Hess, Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess -- (United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)