1. a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail. 2. informal a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman. 3. (Animals) any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon.
OTTO VON BISMARCK. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) The battleship Bismarck was named in honour of Otto FÃ¼rst von Bismarck, the architect of German unification and the arbiter of European politics during the second half of the 19th century. Bismarck, also known as the Iron Chancellor, was the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire, and through his diplomatic skills, he managed to maintain the peace in Europe for a generation.
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-SchÃ¶nhausen, ab 1865 Graf von Bismarck-SchÃ¶nhausen, ab 1871 FÃ¼rst von Bismarck, ab 1890 auch Herzog zu Lauenburg (* 1. April 1815 in SchÃ¶nhausen (Elbe); â  30. Juli 1898 in Friedrichsruh bei AumÃ¼hle) war ein deutscher Politiker und Staatsmann.