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mort

1

[ mawrt ]

noun

  1. Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
  2. Obsolete. death.


mort

2

[ mawrt ]

noun

  1. a three-year-old salmon.

mort

3

[ mawrt ]

noun

, British Dialect.

Mort

4

[ mawrt ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Mortimer or Morton.

mort

1

/ mɔːt /

noun

  1. a great deal; a great many


mort

2

/ mɔːt /

noun

  1. a call blown on a hunting horn to signify the death of the animal hunted

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mort1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French, Old French, from Latin mort- (stem of mors ) “death”

Origin of mort2

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

Origin of mort3

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mort1

possibly a shortened form of mortal used as an intensifier

Origin of mort2

C16: via Old French from Latin mors death

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Example Sentences

Mort said that Kyle Shanahan had actually wanted to trade up to get Mac Jones, but the combination of the 49ers’ personnel department and the potential for bad PR convinced him to draft Lance instead.

There are the Sulzbergers, the Murdochs, Mort Zuckerman, Mike Bloomberg, S.I. Newhouse, a few others.

Mort, who Kelly says she only communicated with once, may have difficulty getting rights and clearances for the songs.

Real-estate developer Mort Zuckerman became a player by buying New York's Daily News.

Joe Pyne was the first, and Mort saw Pyne do that act and emulated it.

“Everywhere he put his foot down, he left a monstrous footprint,” his friend Mort Janklow said of him last night.

Ce qui le troubla & sa compagnie, tant pour l'accident si funeste de cette mort, que de crainte qu'il n'y eust du trouble pardea.

Est avenu que ledit Martin huit iours apres son baptme a est frapp de ce mal, dont il est mort.

Mais il manda au sieur de Poutrincourt qu'il le vinst voir ce iour l, autrement qu'il estoit mort.

Et interrog de quelle mort, il lui en fit le recit sel qu'il l'avoit entendu en France.

We heard the key turn in the lock but all at once the ambushed men rushed forward, crying, 'a mort!

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