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raglan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
raglan
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam.

noun

A sleeve of this type.

noun

An overcoat with sleeves of this type.

name

A village, community, and castle in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4107).

name

A community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

name

A community in the Durham Region of Ontario.

name

A locality in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales, Australia.

name

A small town and locality in the Gladstone Region of Queensland, Australia.

Etymology

Named after Lord Raglan (1788–1855), a British commander in the Crimean War.

Inflected Forms

raglans (plural)

Phrases

Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan

Questions

What does raglan mean?
Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam.
Where does raglan come from?
Named after Lord Raglan (1788–1855), a British commander in the Crimean War.

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