warren

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
  2. noun United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)
  3. noun a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits

Etymology

From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”)), probably ultimately from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root. Alternatively from Gaulish *warrennā (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warrā (“post, prop”).

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Synonyms

Robert Penn Warren

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