Raven definition
An example of something raven is black hair.
A large crow is an example of a raven.
Raven curls.
Raven darkness.
She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
Raven tresses.
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Noun
Origin of raven
- From Middle English ravin, raven rapine, plunder, prey ravin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old English hræfn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old English hræfn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (compare Dutch raaf, German Rabe, Danish ravn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorhâ‚‚- (compare Middle Irish crú, Latin corvus, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie"), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka "˜id.', Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax)), from *ḱer, *ḱor (compare Latin crepare "˜to creak, crack', Sanskrit kṛ́patÄ“).
From Wiktionary
- From Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force"), itself from ravine (“rapine"), from Latin rapina (“plundering, loot"), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct")
From Wiktionary