Göring
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gore 1
(gôr)tr.v. gored, gor·ing, gores
To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.
[Middle English goren, probably from gore, spear, from Old English gār.]
gore 2
(gôr)n.
1. A triangular or tapering piece of cloth forming a part of something, as in a skirt or sail.
2. A small triangular piece of land.
tr.v. gored, gor·ing, gores
1. To provide with a gore.
2. To cut into a gore.
[Middle English, from Old English gāra, triangular piece of land.]
gore 3
(gôr)n.
Blood, especially coagulated blood from a wound.
[Middle English, filth, from Old English gor.]
Gö·ring
also Goe·ring (gĕr′ĭng, gûr′-, gœ′rĭng), Hermann Wilhelm 1893-1946. German Nazi politician and military leader who was responsible for the buildup of German air forces, directed the German wartime economy, and was named Hitler's successor (1939). Severely criticized for Germany's military decline, he lost favor with Hitler and was stripped of his command (1943). After he was convicted and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials (1946), he committed suicide.
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Göring
(German ˈɡøːrɪŋ) orGoering
n
(Biography) Hermann Wilhelm (ˈhɛrman ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1893–1946, German Nazi leader and field marshal. He commanded Hitler's storm troops (1923) and as Prussian prime minister and German commissioner for aviation (1933–45) he founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war. Sentenced to death at Nuremberg, he committed suicide
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Gö•ring
or Goe•ring
(ˈgɛər ɪŋ, ˈgɜr-)n.
Hermann Wilhelm, 1893–1946, German field marshal and Nazi party leader.
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Goring
of butchers: a company of butchers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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