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partan /ˈpɑːt(ə)n/English regional ( northern ), Scottish, and Irish English noun1A crab, especially the edible crab, Cancer pagurus. 2The common shore crab, Carcinus maenas. rare. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Ayr Burgh Accounts. From Scottish Gaelic partan; further etymology uncertain; perhaps related to Early Irish partaing the colour red, red object (Irish †partaing; probably from post-classical Latin Parthica (in Parthica pellis red Parthian leather or fleece from classical Latin Parthica, feminine of Parthicus Parthian + pellis)). |