1. hessian - Noun
2. hessian - Adjective
Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
A mercenary or venal person.
See Hessian boots and cloth, under Hessian, a.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBecause their linguistic distance to it is greater, they do not mesh with Standard German the way that High German dialects (such as Bavarian, Swabian, Hessian) can. Source: Internet
Fischer (2004), pp. 51–52, 83. While British and recently hired Hessian troops were assembling, Washington had the newly issued Declaration of American Independence read to his men and the citizens of the city. Source: Internet
As the latter two lines died out quite soon (1583 and 1605, respectively), Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Darmstadt were the two core states within the Hessian lands. Source: Internet
Higginbotham, The War of American Independence (1983) p. 83 Hessian troops hired out to the British by their German sovereigns The British move South, 1778–1783 further The British strategy in America now concentrated on a campaign in the southern states. Source: Internet
Crane is informed that the killer is an undead headless Hessian mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides on a black steed in search of his missing head. Source: Internet
Death penalty The Hessian constitution was written in 1946, and Article 21 permitted the use of the death penalty. Source: Internet