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warrener en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɒɹənə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈwɑɹənɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈwɔɹənɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English warenner, warner, from Anglo-Norman warennier, variant of garennier; equivalent to warren + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who farms or hunts rabbits professionally; the keeper of a warren
    • [H]e is as tall a man of his hand, as any is betweene this and his head: he hath fought with a Warrener. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 42, column 2:

Forms

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Deriveds

warrenership · Warrener

Translations (3)

fr garennière (Translations) · ga maor coinicéir (Translations) · fr garennier (Translations)