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orc
1[ awrk ]
noun
- any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- a mythical monster, as an ogre.
O.R.C.
2abbreviation for
- Officers' Reserve Corps.
orc
/ ɔːk /
noun
- any of various whales, such as the killer and grampus
- one of an imaginary race of evil goblins, esp in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orc1
First recorded in 1520–30; partly from Middle French orque, a kind of whale, partly from Italian orca “large whale, fabulous sea monster,” partly from Latin orca, a kind of whale; orca ( def ); Orcus ( def ), ogre
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Origin of orc1
C16: via Latin orca, perhaps from Greek orux whale
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