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warren
(wɒrən, US wɔːr-)
Word forms: plural warrens
1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN]
A warren is a group of holes in the ground which are connected by tunnels and which rabbits live in.
2. countable noun
If you describe a building or an area of a city as a warren, you mean that there are many narrow passages or streets.
...a warren of narrow streets. [+ of]
warren in British English
(ˈwɒrən)
noun
1.
a series of interconnected underground tunnels in which rabbits live
2.
a colony of rabbits
3.
an overcrowded area or dwelling
4.
a. mainly British
an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part of a river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren)
b. English legal history
a franchise permitting one to keep animals, birds, or fish in this way
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-French warenne, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German werien to preserveWarren in British English 1
(ˈwɒrən)
noun
a city in the US, in SE Michigan, northeast of Detroit. Pop: 136 016 (2003 est)
Warren in British English 2
(ˈwɒrən)
noun
1.
Earl. 1891–1974, US lawyer; chief justice of the US (1953–69). He chaired the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy
2.
(John) Robin. born 1937, Australian pathologist who, with Barry Marshall, demonstrated that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers, for which they won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005)
Warren in American English 1
(ˈwɔrən; ˈwɑrən)
noun
a masculine name
Word origin
NormFr warin < ? OHG Warin, the Varini, a people mentioned by TacitusWarren in American English 2
(ˈwɔrən; ˈwɑrən)
1.
Earl1891-1974; U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. (1953-69)
2.
Robert Penn1905-89; U.S. writer & poet: 1st poet laureate of the U.S. (1986-87)
Warren in American English 3
(ˈwɔrən; ˈwɑrən)
1.
city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 138,000
2.
city in NE Ohio: pop. 47,000
Word origin
(sense 1) after Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-75), killed at Bunker Hill; (sense 2) after Moses Warren, 19th-c. U.S. surveyorwarren in American English
(ˈwɔrən; ˈwɑrən)
noun
1. Obsolete, British
a piece of land enclosed for the breeding of game
2.
a space or limited area in which rabbits breed or are numerous
3.
any building or group of buildings crowded like a rabbit warren
Word origin
ME wareine < NormFr warenne < warir, to preserve < Frank *warjan: see warrantImage ofwarren
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