Kemp

//kɛmp// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaggy; rough. obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename; A small town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; A small city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt. countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    A contest in work, etc. Scotland, archaic
  3. 3
    A champion; a knight. obsolete
  4. 4
    Rough hair, wool, or fur. countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to chin.

Etymology 2

From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus.

Etymology 4

From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus.

Etymology 5

From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus. Doublet of champion. Cognate with literary German Kämpe (“champion, fighter”), German Kempf.

Etymology 6

* As an English, Scottish, Dutch, and north/Low German surname, from the noun kemp (“champion, warrior”), similar to Kampf. * As a Dutch and West Flemish occupational surname, from Middle Dutch canep (“hemp”) (see modern hennep). * Also as a Dutch surname Van der Kemp, Brabantine variant of Van der Kamp, from van (“of”) + der (“the”) + kamp (“camp”), related to the first sense above. The place names are from the surname.

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