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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
An uncommon surname originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7828).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A (living) body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A dead body, a corpse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Corsica
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Broader terms: French region
noun
an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Corsica
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Broader terms: island
History
From Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus and corpse, and distantly of riff. Compare corset.
