Pomfret Definition

pŏmfrət
pomfrets
noun
Either of two butterfishes of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Pampus argenteus or P. chinensis.
American Heritage
Any of a family (Bramidae) of edible, marine percoid fishes.
Webster's New World

Several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Brama raii

Other Word Forms of Pomfret

Noun

Singular:
pomfret
Plural:
pomfrets

Origin of Pomfret

  • Earlier pamflet, pomflet probably from Portuguese pampo, pombo, pamplo pompano, any of various other fishes, especially Stromateus fiatola (probably from alteration of pâmpano) (perhaps ultimately from Latin pompilus pilot fish, any of various other fishes) (from Greek pompilos pilot fish) (from pompos escort) (or pompē act of escorting, procession) (both from pempein to escort) –et or –let

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish.

    From Wiktionary

Pomfret Sentence Examples

  • His first wife died in June 1743 at Aschaffenburg, and in April 1744 he married Lady Sophia Fermor, daughter of Lord Pomfret - a fashionable beauty and "reigning toast" of London society, who was younger than his daughters.

  • There are extensive gardens and nurseries in the neighbourhood of Pontefract, and liquorice is largely grown for the manufacture of the celebrated Pomfret cakes.

  • In 1804 the manufacture of cotton was begun at Vernon, Hartford county; mills at Pomfret and Jewett City were established in 1806 and 1810 respectively.

  • Next I had the whole de-boned pomfret stuffed with a red masala and vegetable Biryani.

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