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Orrin

Orrin proper noun: a male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.

Proper noun

Orrin

  1. A male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.
    • During the press conference, Orrin Hatch and the others spoke very graciously about our extraordinary efforts in getting this bill passed […]2008, Diana DeGette, Daniel Paisner, Sex, science, and stem cells: inside the right wing assault on reason, page 110
    • On June 3, 1931, she married Orrin Frink, Jr., who had joined the mathematics faculty at Penn State in 1928 as an assistant professor.2009, Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke, Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's

Forms of Orrin

alternative formOrin

Questions about Orrin

What does Orrin mean?
Orrin means a male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.
What part of speech is Orrin?
Orrin is a proper noun.

Words near Orrin in the dictionary

  1. orrices
  2. Orrick
  3. Orricks
  4. Orrico
  5. Orricos
  6. Orrin
  7. orring
  8. orringe
  9. orringes
  10. Orrington
  11. orris

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