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Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess

1 9.5
A German Nazi leader who flew to Scotland in 1941 to seek peace and was jailed for life
  • proper noun
: Rudolf Hess
  • Rudolf Hess was imprisoned in Spandau Prison after the Second World War.

Examples

  • Historians still debate the reasons behind Rudolf Hess's solo flight to Scotland in 1941.

  • The trial of Rudolf Hess at Nuremberg lasted for months.

  • The infamous Rudolf Hess attempted to negotiate peace with Britain during World War II.

  • Did Rudolf Hess really believe he could broker peace alone?

  • Rudolf Hess was imprisoned in Spandau Prison after the Second World War, where he spent decades serving his life sentence.

  • Historians still debate the reasons behind Rudolf Hess's solo flight to Scotland in 1941, which remains a controversial event.

  • The infamous Rudolf Hess attempted to negotiate peace with Britain during World War II, but his mission ultimately failed.

Synonyms

Hess
vsRudolf Hess
3 9.1

A senior Nazi official who flew alone to Scotland in 1941 to try to make peace, later jailed for life

is the full personal name referring to the same Nazi leader and events

Surface Forms

Rudolf Hess main

Morphology

Rudolf + Hess

This is a personal name (a named entity) referring to a specific historical individual; knowing the constituent tokens 'Rudolf' and 'Hess' as words or name parts does not allow a learner to infer the biographical meaning (German Nazi leader who flew to Scotland in 1941). Proper names are arbitrary referents requiring encyclopedic/world knowledge rather than compositional word-meaning combination, so the expression is not derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Rudolf Hess was a senior German Nazi who shocked people by flying alone to Scotland in 1941 to try 'to negotiate peace'. He was captured and 'imprisoned for life', so his name now brings to mind that dramatic lone flight and long imprisonment.