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gour

gour is the dated form of gaur.

Meaning of gaur

Noun

gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

  1. An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.
    • […] I am sure that the American bison is the grandest of them all. His only rivals for the kingship are the Indian bison, or gaur (Bos gaurus), of Southern India, and the aurochs, or European bison, both of which really surpass him in height, if not in actual balk also.1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison
    Synonyms:
    Bos frontalis gaurus

See all 2 meanings of gaur

Noun (1)

gour (plural gours)

  1. A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.
    • […] calcite precipitates. This forms a small dam, accentuating the phenomenon and causing the formation of a calcite dam tilted towards the center of the gour. As water evaporates from the surface of the gour, a thin film of calcite often forms, […]2015, Eric Gilli, Karstology: Karsts, Caves and Springs, page 80

Noun (2)

gour (plural gours)

  1. (India, obsolete) The head man of a village in the Canarese-speaking country.
    • Every Tehsildary is farmed out in villages to the Gours or head-men.c. 1800, Munro's Life, iii. 92

Proper noun capitalized: Gour

Gour

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Gaur (“ancient Bengali city”).

Forms of gour

pluralgours

Origin of gour

From French gour (“rock pool”), from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gurges.

Words formed from gour

Questions about gour

What does gour mean?
Gour means a pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.
What is gour the dated form of?
Gour is the dated form of gaur.
What part of speech is gour?
Gour can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gour?
The plural of gour is gours.

Words near gour in the dictionary

  1. goundou
  2. goundy
  3. goung
  4. goungs
  5. Gounodian
  6. gour
  7. goura
  8. gourami
  9. gouramies
  10. gouramis
  11. gouras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gour (page history and authors); Gour (page history and authors); gaur (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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