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farr

farr is the obsolete spelling of far.

Meaning of far

Adjective

far (comparative farther or further, superlative farthest or furthest or farthermost or furthermost)

  1. Distant; remote in space.
    • He went to a far land.
    Synonyms:
    distant
  2. Remote in time.
    • the far far future
  3. Long.
    • I have such a long way to go but yet I have come such a far piece already2011, Peggy Woods, Ramblings from a Soul, page 42
  4. More remote of two.
    • At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  5. Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
    • They are on the far right on this issue.
  6. Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
    • As sensible maketh a man differ from a stone, in a far difference; for other Species, as Beasts, have the same difference, but reasonable is the nearest, whereby he differeth from a stone, beasts, and all other things.1657, Henry Ainsworth, Zachary Coke, The Art of Logick., page 26

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Proper noun capitalized: Farr

Farr

  1. A surname.

Origin of farr

English surname, from Old English fearr (“bull”). As a German surname, of the same meaning and source (Farre).

Questions about farr

What does farr mean?
Farr means a surname.
What is farr the obsolete spelling of?
Farr is the obsolete spelling of far.
What part of speech is farr?
Farr is a proper noun.

Words near farr in the dictionary

  1. faropenem
  2. farouche
  3. FARP
  4. Farquhar
  5. Farquharson
  6. farr
  7. Farra
  8. farraginous
  9. farrago
  10. farragoes
  11. farragos

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