culver

Meaning

Noun

  • A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
  • A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.

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Origin

  • From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula ("little pigeon"), from Latin columba ("pigeon, dove").
  • From culverin.

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