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 the early 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 (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larvæ live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution. 1. A native or inhabitant of Hesse. 2. A mercenary or venal person. [U. S.] Note: This use is a relic of the patriot hatred of the Hessian mercenaries who served with the British troops in the Revolutionary War. 3. pl. See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
7. 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.
8. n:100 n (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot