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estrin

estrin is the alternative form of oestrin.

Meaning of oestrin

Noun

oestrin (countable and uncountable, plural oestrins)

  1. (archaic) An oestrogen, specifically oestrone.
    • Encouraged by his friends Solly Zuckerman and J. B. S. Haldane, Bernal had obtained crystals of calciferol and the female sex hormone oestrin.1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life

Proper noun capitalized: Estrin

Estrin (plural Estrins)

  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Forms of estrin

Noun
pluralestrins
Proper noun
pluralEstrins

Origin of estrin

Metronymic surname from the Yiddish female given name אסתּר (ester, “Esther”)

Words formed from estrin

Questions about estrin

What does estrin mean?
Estrin means a surname from Yiddish.
What is estrin the alternative form of?
Estrin is the alternative form of oestrin.
What part of speech is estrin?
Estrin is a proper noun.

Words near estrin in the dictionary

  1. estridge
  2. estridges
  3. Estrie
  4. estrildid
  5. estrildids
  6. estrin
  7. estrins
  8. estriol
  9. estriols
  10. estro
  11. estro-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: estrin (page history and authors); Estrin (page history and authors); oestrin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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