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darr

darr noun: a bird, the black tern.

Noun

darr (plural darrs)

  1. (Norfolk, UK, archaic, dialectal) A bird, the black tern.

Proper noun capitalized: Darr

Darr (plural Darrs)

  1. A surname from English or German.

Forms of darr

Noun
pluraldarrs
Proper noun
pluralDarrs

Origin of darr

Possibly from dorrhawk (“the nightjar”), from its similar diet and appearance in flight.

* Perhaps a variant of the English surname Dear. * Borrowed from German Därr, from a short form of a Germanic personal name, itself perhaps from either of two places called Arthez in Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Questions about darr

What does darr mean?
Darr means a bird, the black tern.
What part of speech is darr?
Darr can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of darr?
The plural of darr is darrs.

Words near darr in the dictionary

  1. Darosas
  2. Darova
  3. DARPA
  4. darpatnidar
  5. darpatnidars
  6. darr
  7. Darragh
  8. Darraghs
  9. Darrah
  10. Darrahs
  11. darraign

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