Robin Definition

rŏbĭn
robins
noun
robins
A North American thrush (Turdus migratorius) with a dull-red breast and belly.
Webster's New World
A small European thrush (Erithacus rubecula) with an orangish-red breast and face.
Webster's New World
Any of various birds resembling a robin.
American Heritage

(soccer) Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Wiktionary
A feminine and masculine name.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
A female given name, also associated with the bird robin.
Wiktionary
A male given name.
Wiktionary

A comic book superhero, the sidekick of Batman; also the Boy Wonder.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Robin

Noun

Singular:
robin
Plural:
robins

Origin of Robin

  • Short for Robin Redbreast from Middle English Robin personal name from Old French diminutive of Robert

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

  • Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of Robert

    From Wiktionary

Robin Sentence Examples

  • They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her mate.

  • Of song birds the favourites are the robin, thrushes, bobolink, oriole, chickadee, meadow-lark, cat-bird, bluebird, wrens and warblers.

  • I heard a robin in the distance, the first I had heard for many a thousand years, methought, whose note I shall not forget for many a thousand more--the same sweet and powerful song as of yore.

  • The oldest mention of Robin Hood at present known occurs in the second edition - what is called the B text - of Piers the Plowman, the date of which is about 1377.

  • In the rolls of parliament of 1437 mention is made of Piers Venables, a robber who took to the woods "like as it had been Robin Hood and his meyne."

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Words Starting With

RROROB

Words Ending With

NINBIN

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