θər noun
1.
Chester Alan, 1830–86, 21st president of the U.S. 1881–85.
2.
legendary king in ancient Britain: leader of the Knights of the Round Table.
3.
a male given name.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a legendary king of the Britons in the sixth century |
| 2. | Chester Alan. 1830--86, 21st president of the US (1881--85) |
| 3. | informal (Austral), (NZ) not know whether one is Arthur or Martha to be in a state of confusion |
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Arthur
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
Arthur
masc. proper name, from M.L. Arthurus/Arturus, from Welsh arth "bear," cognate with Gk. arktos, L. ursus (see Arctic). Arthurian "pertaining to the series of tales of British King Arthur and his knights, is first attested 1853.
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