dun

Definitions


[dʌn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- of a dull greyish-brown colour
(e.g: a dun cow)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk


[dʌn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dull greyish-brown colour

- a horse with a sandy or sandy-grey coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe

- a subadult mayfly, which has drab coloration and opaque wings


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk


[dʌn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt
(e.g: after he left Oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk


[dʌn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a debt collector or an insistent creditor


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk


[dʌn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The word is a frequent place-name element in Scotland and Ireland


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: from Irish dún, Scottish Gaelic dùn ‘hill or hill fort’




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