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otto von bismarck


noun

  1. Ot·to von [ot-oh von; German aw-toh fuh n] /ˈɒt oʊ vɒn; German ˈɔ toʊ fən/, 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.
  2. a city in and the capital of North Dakota, in the central part.
  3. (often lowercase)
    1. Chiefly Northern U.S.a jelly doughnut.
    2. Chiefly Midland U.S.a fried cruller.

noun

  1. a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)

noun

  1. Prince Otto (Eduard Leopold) von (ˈɔto fɔn), called the Iron Chancellor . 1815–98, German statesman; prime minister of Prussia (1862–90). Under his leadership Prussia defeated Austria and France, and Germany was united. In 1871 he became the first chancellor of the German Reich

“drink of champagne and stout” (also called a black velvet), 1910, named for the German chancellor (1815-1898), who was said to have been fond of it. The surname is said to be short for Biscofsmark “bishop’s boundary.”

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