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cholera horn

cholera horn is the alternative form of collery horn.

Meaning of collery horn

Noun

collery horn (plural collery horns)

  1. (obsolete) A long brass horn often used at funerals in the Indian subcontinent.

Forms of cholera horn

pluralcholera horns

Origin of cholera horn

Corrupted form, by confusion with cholera.

Questions about cholera horn

What is cholera horn the alternative form of?
Cholera horn is the alternative form of collery horn.

Words near cholera horn in the dictionary

  1. cholents
  2. choleperitoneum
  3. choleperitonitis
  4. choler
  5. cholera
  6. cholera horn
  7. cholera horns
  8. cholera morbus
  9. choleragen
  10. choleraic
  11. choleraics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cholera horn (page history and authors); collery horn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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