warren
/ˈwɒɹən/US/ˈwɔɹən/
warren noun: a system of burrows in which rabbits or other animals live.
Noun
warren (plural warrens)
- A system of burrows in which rabbits or other animals live.
- The largest warren in group 9 had 10 entrances in use and 11 not in use.1986, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia), Australian Wildlife Research, page 332
- A structure where rabbits are kept as pets or for food, etc; the rabbits living in such a structure.
- A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
- We piled into Manchester's car, leaving mine at the gallery, and crossed town, striking off the main road and into a warren of dirt roads and adobe.1984, Brett : from Bloomsbury to New Mexico, page 265
- Andrew had allowed her practically a free hand, and her interference had resulted in making the house a warren of rooms, connected by narrow corridors that meant much more work and worry for the housekeeper than the conventional model would have given.2000, Christiaan Louis Leipoldt, Stephen Gray, Stormwrack, page 26
- The class of small game such as hare, pheasants, stoats, etc., as opposed to beasts of chase such as deer, bear, and foxes.
- A forest is a certen territorie of wooddy grounds and fruitfull pasrues, priviledged for wild beast and foules of forest, chase, and warren to rest and abide in, in the safe protection of the king for his princely delight and pleasure, which territorie of ground, so priviledged, is meered and...1598, folio 1
- Free warren is a franchise , erected for the preservation or custody ( which the word signifies ) of beasts and fowls of warren; which , being feræ naturæ , every one had a natural right to kill as he could : but upon the introduction of the forest laws, at the period of the Norman conquest, these...1823, Thomas Burgeland Johnson, The Shooter's Companion, page 296
- A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
- Free warren is a franchise , erected for the preservation or custody ( which the word signifies ) of beasts and fowls of warren; which , being feræ naturæ , every one had a natural right to kill as he could : but upon the introduction of the forest laws, at the period of the Norman conquest, these...1823, Thomas Burgeland Johnson, The Shooter's Companion, page 296
- And when the play was over, this John Adroyns in the evening departed from the market town to go home; and because he had there no change of clothing, he went forth in his devil's apparel; and his way lay through a warren of rabbits, belonging to a gentleman of the village, where he himself dwelt...1845, Shakspeare's merry tales, page 5
- The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.
- Free-warren confers the property in wild animals, and that property may be claimed (a) in the land of another, to the exclusion of the owner of the soil; for in ancient times persons summoned to parliament often obtaine from the Crown grants of warren in their demesne lands, comprising such parts...1845, John Smith Furlong, A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, page 337
- The defendant has pleaded a warren in gross: he does not make it appendant or appurtenant. He shews merely that Charles I. granted a free warren, as he might do.1910, The English Reports - Volume 110, page 1361
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Warren
Warren (countable and uncountable, plural Warrens)
- A surname from Old French.
- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier...2022 July 6, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov, archived from the original...
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Meanwhile, in 1730, the son, the younger Penyston Hastings, had married Hester Warren, daughter of the proprietor of Stubhill, a small estate near Twining, Gloucestershire. She died in the house at Churchill after having given birth to her second child who, in memory of her, was named Warren.1894, George Bruce Malleson, Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of India, Chapman&Hall, published 1894, page 4
- "I tell her she should name him Warren after the President,"Andrew was saying.
"Never," said his wife. "Maybe I'll call him - " she looked around frantically - "Edward or Eric."1940, Paul Corey, The Road Returns, Bobbs-Merrill, published 1940, page 359
- A town in New South Wales.
- A local government area in central-northern New South Wales which includes the town; in full, Warren Shire.
- A geographic region in southern Western Australia.
- A community in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands, Manitoba; named for railroad executive A. E. Warren.
- A community in Markstay-Warren municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario.
- A community in the city of Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.
- A city, the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas.
- A former settlement near Fellows, Kern County, California.
- A former settlement near Mojave, Kern County, California.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut; named for Joseph Warren.
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- An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
- A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois; named for Warren Burnett, the first white child born in the area.
- A town in Salamonie Township, Huntington County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Knox County, Kentucky.
- A town in Knox County, Maine; named for Joseph Warren.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts; named for Joseph Warren.
- A city in Macomb County, Michigan; named for War of 1812 veteran Rev. Abel Warren.
- A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Minnesota; named for railroad executive Charles Howard Warren.
- An unincorporated community in Marion County, Missouri; named for its township, itself for Joseph Warren.
- An unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana.
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for Peter Warren.
- A township in Somerset County, New Jersey.
- A town and hamlet therein, in Herkimer County, New York; named for Joseph Warren.
- A city, the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio; named for surveyor Moses Warren.
- A census-designated place in Columbia County, Oregon; named for the town in Massachusetts.
- A city, the county seat of Warren County, Pennsylvania; named for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren.
- A town in Bristol County, Rhode Island; named for British naval officer Peter Warren.
- A former settlement in Texas, and the former county seat of Fannin County.
- A census-designated place in Tyler County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Weber County, Utah; named for Utah politician and Mormon leader Lewis Warren Shurtliff.
- A town in Washington County, Vermont; named for Joseph Warren.
- An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
- A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Warren Township.
- A neighbourhood of Gawsworth, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8870).
- A hamlet in Bere Regis parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8591).
- A small settlement near Chapeltown, Ecclesfield parish, City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3597).
- A hamlet in Stackpole and Castlemartin community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SR9397).
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Warren
- * see: The Warren.
warren meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
warren in Hindi
- वारन, वारेन, वॉरेन
warren in Tamil
- குழிமுயற்பண்ணை
warren in Marathi
- वॉरेन, वारन, वॉरन
warren in Urdu
- خرگوش کا باڑا
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- warren in Bengali
- ঘনবসতিপূর্ণ বস্তি
- warren in Telugu
- వారెన్, వార్రెన్
- warren in Malayalam
- മുയലിൻറെ മാള ശൃംഖല, ജനനിബിഡമായ പ്രദേശം
- warren in Kannada
- ಮೊಲಗಳ ಕಾಪು, ಕಿಕ್ಕಿರಿದ ಕಟ್ಟಡ
- warren in Punjabi
- ਵਾਰਨ, ਵਾਰੈਨ
- warren in Gujarati
- વોરન, વોરેન, વારેન
- warren in Odia
- ୱାରେନ୍, ୱାରନ୍, ୱାରେନ
- warren in Nepali
- वारेन, वारन
Examples of warren in a sentence
- Grouse are not birds of warren ( 2 ); and trespass on a free warren will not lie for shooting them .1844, Archibald John Stephens, George Sharswood, The Law of Nisi Prius, page 2003:
- This becomes a real loss to the proprietor of a warren.1854, Robert Blakely, Shooting, page 159:
- This warren is the flat at the summit of an exceedingly high mountain, and consists of, I think, the very worst land I ever saw in my life.1888, Richard John Lloyd Price, Rabbits for Profit and Rabbits for Powder, page 32:
- Norfolk, hunted therein and in his free warren, fished in his several fishery there, carried away fish and deer with hares and rabbits from his warren, and assaulted his men and servants.1900, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record, page 102:
Synonyms of warren
Forms of warren
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| plural | warrens |
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| plural | Warrens |
Origin of warren
From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root. Alternatively from Gaulish *warrennā (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warrā (“post, prop”).
From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].
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Questions about warren
- What does warren mean?
- Warren means a system of burrows in which rabbits or other animals live.
- What is warren in Hindi?
- Warren in Hindi is वारन, वारेन, वॉरेन. See Warren meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use warren in a sentence?
- Grouse are not birds of warren ( 2 ); and trespass on a free warren will not lie for shooting them .
- What part of speech is warren?
- Warren can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce warren?
- Warren is pronounced /ˈwɒɹən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of warren?
- The plural of warren is warrens.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: warren (page history and authors); Warren (page history and authors); warren (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warren (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warren (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warren (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warren (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warren (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warren (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warren (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warren (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warren (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warren (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warren (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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