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Corbin

Corbin proper noun: an English surname from Anglo-Norman.

Proper noun

Corbin

  1. An English surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city in Knox County and Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.

Forms of Corbin

alternative formCorbyn

Origin of Corbin

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).

Phrases with Corbin

Questions about Corbin

What does Corbin mean?
Corbin means an English surname from Anglo-Norman.
What part of speech is Corbin?
Corbin is a proper noun.

Words near Corbin in the dictionary

  1. corbie-steps
  2. corbies
  3. corbiestep
  4. corbiesteps
  5. Corbii Mari
  6. Corbin
  7. corbina
  8. corbinas
  9. Corbit
  10. corbita
  11. corbitas

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