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la·trine 
[luh-treen] Pronunciation Key
[luh-treen] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area. |
[Origin: 1635–45; < F < L lātrīna, short for lavātrīna place for washing, deriv. of lavāre to wash]
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| la·trine
(lə-trēn') Pronunciation Key
n. A communal toilet of a type often used in a camp or barracks. [From French latrines, privies, from Old French, from Latin lātrīna, privy, from lavātrīna, bath, privy; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.] |
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latrine
latrine
1297, from L. latrina, contraction of lavatrina "washbasin, washroom," from lavatus, pp. of lavare "to wash" (see lave) + -trina, suffix denoting "workplace." Its reappearance in 1642 is probably a re-borrowing from Fr.; esp. of a privy of a camp, barracks, college, hospital, etc. Latrine rumor "baseless gossip" (of the kind that spreads in conversations in latrines) is military slang, first recorded 1918.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Latrine
La*trine"\, n. [L. latrina: cf. F. latrines.] A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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