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noun
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
Also called pigeon hawk.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English merlioun, merlone < Anglo-French merilun, Old French esmerillon, diminutive of esmeril < Germanic; akin to German Schmerl, Old Norse smyrill
1350–1400; Middle English merlioun, merlone < Anglo-French merilun, Old French esmerillon, diminutive of esmeril < Germanic; akin to German Schmerl, Old Norse smyrill
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Merlin
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| merlin (ˈmɜːlɪn) | |
| —n | |
| See also pigeon hawk a small falcon, Falco columbarius, that has a dark plumage with a black-barred tail: used in falconry | |
| [C14: from Old French esmerillon, from esmeril, of Germanic origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
merlin
"small, strong European falcon," early 14c., from Anglo-Fr. merilun, an aphetic form of O.Fr. esmerillon (Fr. émerillon), from Frank. *smiril (cf. O.H.G. smerlo, Ger. Schmerl "merlin"). Sp. esmerejon, It. smeriglio also are Germanic loan-words.
EXPANDMerlin
sorcerer and soothsayer in Arthurian legends, from O.Fr. form of Welsh Myrddhin, probably from O.Celt. *Mori-dunon, lit. "of the sea-hill," from *mori "sea" + dunom "hill."
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Cultural Dictionary
Merlin definition
In the legends of King Arthur, a magician who acts as Arthur's principal adviser.
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