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3 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/Sorted dorStarts with DEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.

Word origin

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

Used in a sentence

  • To say you were impotent! I am ashamed on 't! To make yourself no man? to a fresh maid too, A longing maid? upon her wedding-night also, To give her such a dor?

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