mann

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859)
  2. noun German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mann (“man”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

Horace Mann

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