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robbin

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • rhymes with -ɒbɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: R AA1 B IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name.

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3

name

Meaning 3

A female given name.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities used to be exported from Southeast Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, historical

Examples

  • The robbin of rice in Malabar weighed about 84 pounds.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The spring of a carriage.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative form of ropeband.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Topics: nautical, transport

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History

Etymology

Variant of Robin, from Robert.