Hessian

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A Hessian is an inhabitant of the German state of Hesse.

Hessian may also mean:

• Hessian (soldiers), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire
• Hessian (boot), a style of boot
• Hessian (cloth), coarse woven material
• Hessian (web service protocol)
• Hessian dialects, West Central German group of dialects
• Hessian matrix, in mathematics, a matrix of second partial derivatives
• Hessian fly or barley midge, a species of fly

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