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.
Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was the eldest grandchild of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe, most notably King George V of the United Kingdom and Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. Acceding to the throne in 1888, he dismissed the Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, in 1890 and launched Germany on a bellicose New Course in foreign affairs