warren Definition
war·ren (wôr′ən, wär′-)
noun
- Historical, Brit. a piece of land enclosed for the breeding of game
- a space or limited area in which rabbits breed or are numerous
- any building or group of buildings crowded like a rabbit warren
Etymology: ME wareine < NormFr warenne < warir, to preserve < Frank *warjan: see warrant
Warren¹ Definition
War·ren (wôr′ən, wär′-)
noun
a masculine name
Etymology: NormFr warin < ? OHG Warin, the Varini, a people mentioned by Tacitus
Warren² Definition
War·ren (wôr′ən, wär′-)
Warren, Earl 1891-1974; U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. (1953-69)
Warren, Robert Penn 1905-89; U.S. writer & poet: 1st poet laureate of the U.S. (1986-87)
Warren³ Definition
War·ren (wôr′ən, wär′-)
Etymology: after Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-75), killed at Bunker Hill
city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 138,000Etymology: after Moses Warren, 19th-c. U.S. surveyor
city in NE Ohio: pop. 47,000
warren Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: The Earl of Devon owns a great part of the parish, and has a rabbit warren of 600 acres here.
- grant: In 1239 he was sheriff of Essex and Herts, and was granted free warren in Thurrock and a market and fair there.
- build: At the southern end of the Park, Richard built a rabbit warren.
Adjective modifier
- free: Charter of free warren in Merton, Mitcham, &c.
- medieval: In Herefordshire, there is evidence of a medieval warren at Norton.
- large: Due south of the New House was a large rabbit warren which has also been called ' New House Warren ' .
- artificial: They are low stone mounds which were once covered with earth and used as artificial rabbit warrens.
- underground: This is an instinct from its days living in underground warrens.
- vast: The entire southern side is a vast rabbit warren - you wouldn't get much rest if you were lying here.
Modifies a noun
buffett: Only in good residual benefit the american states too by warren buffett.
Noun used with modifier
- rabbit: Wanted to rent, a rabbit warren or a rabbit farm.
- justice: Intended to perform obsessive police classic filled with tips chief justice warren.
- earl: To identify the dallas tx ft who came to earl warren recalled.
Possessives
rabbit: Somehow he's now at basement level and running scared through a rabbit's warren of tunnels pursued by packs of howling children.
Preposition: of
- alley: Few other places in Bangkok match this frenetic warren of alleys for atmosphere.
- tunnel: The $ 5.6 million film is about a woman trapped in London's Underground who uncovers a warren of secret tunnels.
- street: You can easily get lost in the warren of streets of Siena!
- room: Explore the warren of cellar rooms were Neville Chamberlain, then more famously Winston Churchill planned the II World War.
- shop: This huge building in the Northern Quarter is a rabbit warren of small shops set out like market stalls.
- lane: The gardens are reached via the Town God Temple Bazaar, a touristy but impressive warren of lanes and stalls.
Browse dictionary entries near warren
- ‹ warranty deed
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- ‹ warrantor
- ‹ warrantee
- ‹ warranted
- ‹ warrantable
- ‹ warrant officer
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- ‹ warplane
- ‹ warpath

