turm
turm noun: a group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
Noun
turm (plural turms)
- A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
- Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 81, lines 61–66
Forms of turm
| plural | turms |
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Origin of turm
From Middle English turmes pl, from Old French turme, from Latin turma (“troop, squadron, team”).
Questions about turm
- What does turm mean?
- Turm means a group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
- What part of speech is turm?
- Turm is a noun.
- What is the plural of turm?
- The plural of turm is turms.
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