dorr

See also: Dorr and dörr

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

dorr (plural dorrs)

1. A dor, or dorbeetle.
2. (obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
   • 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:

     […] live idle themselves, lyke dorres

References

• “dorr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• RROD, Dror, RRoD