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Martin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Martin has 5 senses
- martin(n = noun.person) st. martin - French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397); Array is a kind of bishop, saint
- martin(n = noun.person) steve martin - United States actor and comedian (born in 1945); Array is a kind of actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian, comedian, comic
- martin(n = noun.person) mary martin - United States actress (1913-1990); Array is a kind of actress
- martin(n = noun.person) dean martin, dino paul crocetti - United States singer (1917-1995); Array is a kind of singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
- martin(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas; Array is a kind of swallow
has particulars: delichon urbica, house martin, bank martin, bank swallow, riparia riparia, sand martin, progne subis, purple martin
CIDE DICTIONARY
Martin, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].
A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding. [1913 Webster]
Martin, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. Martlet.].
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [1913 Webster]
" The American purple martin , or bee martin (Progne subis or Progne purpurea ), and the European house martin , or window martin (Hirundo urbica or Chelidon urbica ), are the best known species."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Martin, n. any of several swallows of the family Hirundinidae, esp. the house-martin and sand-martin.
Etymology
prob. f. St Martin: see MARTINMAS
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