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Definition: HEER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle.[Websters]
2. Hair.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Heer" is a common misspelling or typo for: her, here, hear, beer, sheer, heir, cheer, herd, Herr, hare, herb, heed, jeer, hewer, Heyer, pheer, hoer, hexer, Heter.

Date "Heer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

Common Expressions: HEER

Expressions Definition
Friedrich Heer Friedrich Heer (1916 - 1983) was a historian born in Vienna . He received a PhD at the University in Vienna in 1938. Even as a student he came into conflict with pan-German thinking historians as a staunch opponent of National Socialism. (references)
Heer Order of Battle The Reichsheer was created in 1935 by the Nazi government of Germany. Initially, it consisted of 21 Divisions and many independent units and by end of the end of WWII it had expanded to over 100 Divisions. (references)
Heer Ranjha Heer Ranjha is the classical Punjabi tragedy written by Waris Shah. It tells the story of the forbidden love of Heer & her lover Ranjha. (references)
Joachim Heer Joachim Heer (September 25, 1825 - March 1, 1879) was a Swiss politician. (references)
Oswald Heer Oswald Heer (August 31, 1809 - September 27, 1883), Swiss geologist and naturalist, was born at Nieder-Utzwyl in Canton St. Gallen. (references)
Rena Heer Rena attended Simon Fraser University on a scholarship where she did her undergraduate degree in Communications. After completing her degree, she was hired by a local software company and spent the next five years in software business development, while contributing part-time to various local South Asian media. Translating her interpersonal skills, promotions and marketing experience as well as her experience with the South Asian community to the television industry, Rena took the role of Community Relations Manager at Channel M upon the station's launch in late spring of 2003. While also at Channel M, she hosted the station's community segment, "Channel M Preview" and hosted a cooking show called "Fusion Fare". She left Channel M in September of 2005 for the position of traffic reporter at Global BC, for their morning news program, "BCTV Morning News on Global". (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: HEER

Heer

Heer [IPA: heɐ] is German for "army". Generally, its use as "army" is not restricted to any particular country, so "das britische Heer" would mean "the British army". However, more specifically it can refer to:

  • The German Army, the Heer — part of the Bundeswehr (or Reichswehr, or Wehrmacht during different historical periods of Germany).
  • The Austrian Army, the Österreichisches Bundesheer.
  • The Swiss army, the Bundesheer.
  • The army of the German Confederation in the 19th century.

Other meanings:

  • Heer can also mean "diamond" in some Indian languages.
  • Heer Saleti, a character from the epic Punjabi love story, Heer Ranjha.
  • Heer- The verses by Waris Shah on the legend of Heer Ranjha
  • Heer (Netherlands), an area in the municipality of Maastricht, Limburg
  • Heer (film), a 1956 Bollywood film
  • Heer - Tribe of jatts found in parts of punjab(Hoshiarpur,Jallandhar,Ludhiana,Nawanshehar,Gadshankar), H.P.(Una,Gagret,Amb)and Punjab region in Pakistan.


As a surname:

  • Oswald Heer, botanist and naturalist with the standard botanical author abbreviation Heer.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Heer". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: HEER

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Wehrmacht Heer 28     Fridolin Heer 3
Joachim Heer 15     Friedrich Heer 3
Rolf de Heer 10     Heer 7
Heer Ranjha 10     Heer (Netherlands) 4
Heer Raanjha 8     Heer Halewijn 5
Heer 7     Heer Oudelands Ambacht 2
Oswald Heer 6     Heer Raanjha 8
Heer Halewijn 5     Heer Ranjha 10
Heer (Netherlands) 4     Jack de Heer 3
Kamal Heer 4     Joachim Heer 15
Jack de Heer 3     Kamal Heer 4
Friedrich Heer 3     Oswald Heer 6
Ronny Heer 3     Rena Heer 3
Fridolin Heer 3     Rolf de Heer 10
Rena Heer 3     Ronny Heer 3
Heer Oudelands Ambacht 2     Wehrmacht Heer 28

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).