crane

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun United States writer (1871-1900)
  2. noun United States poet (1899-1932)
  3. noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix

Etymology

From Middle English crane, from Old English cran (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kran, *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots cran (“crane”), Dutch kraan (“crane”), German Low German Kroon (“crane”), German Kran (“crane”). The mechanical devices are named from their likeness to the bird.

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