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Robin

//ˈɹɑ.bɪn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A unisex given name.; A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.

    "They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of England"

  2. 2
    A unisex given name.; A female given name from the Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.

    ""We'll name her Robin," her mother said, and it was as though at her words something of that spring and the bird's song and his gay and friendly and impudent spirit entered into the child."

  3. 3
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.; A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.

    "As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note."

  2. 2
    A toxalbumin obtained from the locust tree. uncountable
  3. 3
    Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
  4. 4
    large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.; An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
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  1. 6
    small Old World songbird with a reddish breast wordnet
  2. 7
    A trimming in front of a dress. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”). ] ]

Etymology 2

* (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.

Etymology 3

* (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.

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