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dor

/ˈdɔː(ɹ)/

dor noun: any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.

Noun (1)

dor (plural dors)

  1. Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.
  2. Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee.

Noun (2)

dor (plural dors)

  1. (obsolete) A trick, joke, or deception.
    • To say you were impotent! I am ashamed on 't! To make yourself no man? to a fresh maid too, A longing maid? upon her wedding-night also, To give her such a dor?1624 June 6 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, “A Wife for a Moneth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published...

Noun (3) capitalized: DOR

DOR (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of dance-oriented rock.

Proper noun capitalized: Dor

Dor (plural Dors)

  1. A surname.

Forms of dor

Noun
pluraldors
alternative formdorr
Proper noun
pluralDors

Plural of dor: dors

Origin of dor

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.

Words formed from dor

Phrases with dor

Words that rhyme with dor

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Questions about dor

What does dor mean?
Dor means any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.
What part of speech is dor?
Dor can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dor?
Dor is pronounced /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of dor?
The plural of dor is dors.

Words near dor in the dictionary

  1. Dopson
  2. dopy
  3. doqualast
  4. doquet
  5. doquets
  6. dor
  7. Dor Mărunt
  8. Dor.
  9. dora
  10. Dora Creek
  11. dorab

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