Thesaurus: hessian

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1. a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
2. n. A native or inhabitant of Hesse.
3. n. A mercenary or venal person.
4. n. See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
5. n. (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
6. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in theearly part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. Thackeray.-- Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking.-- Hessian crucible. See under Crucible.-- Hessian fly (Zoöl.), a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyiadestructor). Its larvæ live between the base of the lower leaves andthe stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- socalled from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America bythe Hessian troops, during the Revolution.
7. n:100 n (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot