WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hoffmann
    n 1: Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units
         (1870-1956) [syn: Hoffmann, Josef Hoffmann]
    2: German chemist (1818-1892) [syn: Hoffmann, August Wilhelm
       von Hoffmann]
    3: United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum
       mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937)
       [syn: Hoffmann, Roald Hoffmann]
    4: German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822) [syn:
       Hoffmann, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus
       Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann]