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

1 sense of paul von hindenburg

Sense 1
Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg -- (German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
       INSTANCE OF=> field marshal -- (an officer holding the highest rank in the army)
       INSTANCE OF=> statesman, solon, national leader -- (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)