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warren Definition

war·ren (wôr′ən, wär′-)

noun

  1. Historical, Brit. a piece of land enclosed for the breeding of game
  2. a space or limited area in which rabbits breed or are numerous
  3. 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′-)

  1. Warren, Earl 1891-1974; U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. (1953-69)

  2. 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′-)

  1. Etymology: after Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-75), killed at Bunker Hill

    city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 138,000

  2. Etymology: 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.