name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.
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gord
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/ɡɔː(ɹ)d/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
name
Meaning 2
Pronunciation spelling of God.
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Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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noun
Meaning 3
An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.
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Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Acronym of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology
Clipping of Gordon. Second sense is a pronunciation spelling.
Perhaps hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.
From Proto-Slavic *gordъ. Doublet of yard and garth.