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starn

starn noun: a star.

Noun (1)

starn (plural starns)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A star.

Noun (2)

starn (plural starns)

  1. (UK, obsolete) The European starling.

Proper noun capitalized: Starn

Starn (plural Starns)

  1. A surname

Forms of starn

Noun
pluralstarns
Proper noun
pluralStarns

Origin of starn

From Middle English sterne, starn, From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of star.

From Old English stearn.

Words formed from starn

Words that rhyme with starn

Questions about starn

What does starn mean?
Starn means a star.
What part of speech is starn?
Starn can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of starn?
The plural of starn is starns.

Words near starn in the dictionary

  1. Starmers
  2. starmonger
  3. starmongers
  4. Starmtrooper
  5. Starmtroopers
  6. starn
  7. Starner
  8. Starners
  9. Starnes
  10. starnie
  11. starnies

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