name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hause
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Pronunciation
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UK: /hɔːs/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Obsolete form of hawse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 3
A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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History
Etymology
From the German surname, variant of Haus.
A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.
Real reading context