noun
bismarck
BIHZ-mahrk
noun
1
A doughnut filled with cream or jam, sometimes topped with icing.
"The bakery sold out of raspberry bismarcks by nine in the morning."
How to Use Bismarck
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA jam- or cream-filled doughnut, named (indirectly) after the German statesman Otto von Bismarck.
When to use it
Regional American term, especially in the Upper Midwest.
Word Forms
bismarcks plural
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Etymology
Named after Otto von Bismarck, the 19th-century German chancellor — the pastry, the battleship, and the capital of North Dakota all trace their name to him.