culver
/ˈkʌlvə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.96 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A surname.
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Example Sentences
- "Had he ſo doen, he had him ſnatcht away, / More light then Culuer in the Faulcons fiſt."
- "The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen"
- "Then he walked on a little and came to a goodly cage, than which was no goodlier there, and in it a culver of the forest, that is to say, a wood-pigeon, the bird renowned among birds as the minstrel of love-longing, with a collar of jewels about its neck marvellous fine and fair."
- "Falcon and culver on each tower / Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).
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Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage