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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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