WARREN DEFINITIONS - 23 definitions found
Warren n 1: United States writer and poet (1905-1989) [syn: Warren, Robert Penn Warren] 2: United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) [syn: Warren, Earl Warren}] 3: a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits [syn: warren, rabbit warren] 4: an overcrowded residential area [syn: warren, rabbit warren}] 5: a colony of rabbits warren warner Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) warren noun Etymology: Middle English wareine, from Anglo-French warenne, garenne Date: 14th century 1. chiefly British a. a place legally authorized for keeping small game (as hare or pheasant) b. the privilege of hunting game in such a warren 2. a. (1) an area (as of uncultivated ground) where rabbits breed (2) a structure where rabbits are kept or bred b. the rabbits of a warren 3. a. a crowded tenement or district b. a maze of passageways or small rooms Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) Warren I. biographical name Earl 1891-1974 American jurist; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1953-69) II. biographical name Gouverneur Kemble 1830-1882 American general III. biographical name Joseph 1741-1775 American physician & general in Revolution IV. biographical name Robert Penn 1905-1989 American author & educator; poet laureate (1986-87) V. geographical name 1. city SE Michigan N of Detroit population 138,247 2. city NE Ohio NW of Youngstown population 46,832 Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary warren (warrens) 1. A warren is a group of holes in the ground which are connected by tunnels and which rabbits live in. N-COUNT: oft n N 2. 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. = maze N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n English Explanatory Dictionary warren ˈwɔrən n. 1 a a network of interconnecting rabbit burrows. b a piece of ground occupied by this. 2 a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district. 3 hist. a piece of ground on which game is preserved. [ME f. AF & ONF warenne, OF garenne game-park f. Gmc] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue WARREN One that is security for goods taken up on credit by extravagant young gentlemen. Cunny warren; a girl's boarding-school, also a bawdy-house. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Warren \War"ren\, n. [Of. waresne, warenne, garene, F. garenne, from OF. warer, garer, to beware, to take care; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. war?n (in comp.), OS. war?n to take care, to observe, akin to E. wary. ????. See Wary.] 1. (Eng Law) (a) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. --Burrill. (b) A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission. --Spelman. They wend both warren and in waste. --Piers Plowman. Note: The warren is the next franchise in degree to the park; and a forest, which is the highest in dignity, comprehends a chase, a park, and a free warren. 2. A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits. 3. A place for keeping flash, in a river. Warren, AR (city, FIPS 73310) Location: 33.61014 N, 92.06967 W Population (1990): 6455 (2819 housing units) Area: 16.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71671 Warren, MI (city, FIPS 84000) Location: 42.49300 N, 83.02820 W Population (1990): 144864 (56189 housing units) Area: 88.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48089 Warren, CT Zip code(s): 06754 Warren, IL (village, FIPS 78851) Location: 42.49473 N, 89.99018 W Population (1990): 1550 (673 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61087 Warren, IN (town, FIPS 80108) Location: 40.68667 N, 85.42337 W Population (1990): 1185 (521 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46792 Warren, MA (CDP, FIPS 73055) Location: 42.21522 N, 72.19067 W Population (1990): 1516 (637 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Warren, ME Zip code(s): 04864 Warren, MN (city, FIPS 68170) Location: 48.19606 N, 96.76984 W Population (1990): 1813 (830 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Warren, NH Zip code(s): 03279 Warren, NJ Zip code(s): 07059 Warren, OH (city, FIPS 80892) Location: 41.23805 N, 80.81690 W Population (1990): 50793 (21785 housing units) Area: 41.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44481 Warren, OR Zip code(s): 97053 Warren, PA (city, FIPS 81000) Location: 41.84373 N, 79.14405 W Population (1990): 11122 (5223 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Warren, RI Zip code(s): 02885 Warren, TX Zip code(s): 77664 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 37 Moby Thesaurus words for "warren": Augean stables, Hydra, abri, antre, bunker, burrow, cave, cavern, cove, dugout, dump, foxhole, grot, grotto, hole, hotbed, hovel, lair, milk cow, mustard, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, rabbit, rich soil, rookery, seed plot, sewer, slum, stable, sty, subterrane, subway, tenement, the slums, tunnel |
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