BRAUN

Braun, von Braun, Wernher von Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun

(noun) United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977)

Braun, Eva Braun

(noun) the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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