Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern [hoh-uh n-zol-ern; German hoh-uh n-tsawl-uh rn] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a member of the royal family that ruled in Romania from 1866 to 1947, in Prussia from 1701 to 1918, and in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.

Origin of Hohenzollern First recorded in 1890–95 Examples from the Web for hohenzollern Historical Examples of hohenzollern

You need only to remember that you are a daughter of the House of Hohenzollern.

City of Endless Night

Milo Hastings

Is it not enough that a man is a German, and may serve the House of Hohenzollern?’

City of Endless Night

Milo Hastings

His dignity, as a Hohenzollern was offended; but Bismarck was playing for larger stakes.

Blood and Iron

John Hubert Greusel

It’s all about that Hohenzollern business and the Spanish succession.

Lorraine

Robert W. Chambers

But that cause of alarm is over—the Hohenzollern is withdrawn.

The Parisians, Complete

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for hohenzollern Hohenzollern noun

1. a German noble family, the younger (Franconian) branch of which provided rulers of Brandenburg (1417–1701) and Prussia (1701–1918). The last kings of Prussia (1871–1918) were also emperors of Germany