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culver

/ˈkʌlvə/

culver noun: a dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.

Noun (1)

culver (plural culvers)

  1. (UK, south and east dialect or poetic) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
    • Had he ſo doen, he had him ſnatcht away, / More light then Culuer in the Faulcons fiſt.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 281
    • The palsie plagues my pulses
      when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen
      your culuers take, or matchles make
      your Chanticleare or sullenc. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)

Noun (2)

culver (plural culvers)

  1. A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
    • Falcon and culver on each tower / Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower; […]1805, Walter Scott, “Canto Fourth”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC...

Proper noun capitalized: Culver

Culver

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Marshall County, Indiana.
  3. A minor city in Ottawa County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
  5. An unincorporated community and township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
  6. An extinct town in Bates County, Missouri.
  7. A minor city in Jefferson County, Oregon.

culver meaning in Tamil

culver in Tamil

புறா, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of culver

Forms of culver

Noun
pluralculvers
Proper noun
alternative formColfer

Plural of culver: culvers

Origin of culver

From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).

From culverin, perhaps by confusion with culver (“dove or pigeon”).

Words formed from culver

Words that rhyme with culver

Questions about culver

What does culver mean?
Culver means a dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
What is culver in Tamil?
Culver in Tamil is புறா, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Culver meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is culver?
Culver can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce culver?
Culver is pronounced /ˈkʌlvə/.
What is the plural of culver?
The plural of culver is culvers.

Words near culver in the dictionary

  1. cultus
  2. cultus cod
  3. cultuses
  4. culty
  5. Culubasa
  6. culver
  7. Culver City
  8. Culver's physic
  9. Culver's root
  10. culverhouse
  11. culverhouses

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