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dorr

/dɔː(ɹ)/

dorr noun: a dor, or dorbeetle.

Noun

dorr (plural dorrs)

  1. A dor, or dorbeetle.
  2. (obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
    • […]live idle themselves, lyke dorres1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the...

Proper noun capitalized: Dorr

Dorr (countable and uncountable, plural Dorrs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in McHenry County, Illinois, United States, named after Thomas Wilson Dorr.
  3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Allegan County, Michigan, United States, believed to be named after Thomas Henry Dorr.

Forms of dorr

Noun
pluraldorrs
Proper noun
pluralDorrs

Questions about dorr

What does dorr mean?
Dorr means a dor, or dorbeetle.
What part of speech is dorr?
Dorr can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dorr?
Dorr is pronounced /dɔː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of dorr?
The plural of dorr is dorrs.

Words near dorr in the dictionary

  1. Dorpian
  2. Dorpians
  3. dorpie
  4. dorpies
  5. dorps
  6. dorr
  7. Dorrah
  8. Dorrance
  9. Dorrances
  10. Dorrell
  11. Dorrells

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