HERM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hermae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("herm" is a kind of...):

statue (a sculpture representing a human or animal)

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