"tour" meaning in Middle English

See tour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tuːr/ Forms: toures [plural], thour [alternative], tor [alternative], tore [alternative], toure [alternative], towere [alternative], towour [alternative], tur [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English tūr, tor, torr, from Latin turris. Displaced native Middle English stepel for the general sense of "tower". Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tūr}} Old English tūr, {{der|enm|la|turris}} Latin turris, {{ncog|enm|stepel}} Middle English stepel Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} tour, {{enm-noun|toures}} tour (plural toures)
  1. tower
    Sense id: en-tour-enm-noun-rSAVJj8z Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "tower"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "tour"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "towr"
    },
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      "word": "toweare"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "turris"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin turris",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "stepel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English stepel",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tūr, tor, torr, from Latin turris. Displaced native Middle English stepel for the general sense of \"tower\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "toures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thour",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tor",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tore",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toure",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towour",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g2": "",
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        "var": ""
      },
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    },
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    }
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  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "tower",
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        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tuːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tour"
}

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    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
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      "word": "tour"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "towr"
    },
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      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "toweare"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "turris"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin turris",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "stepel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English stepel",
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "toures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thour",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tor",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tore",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toure",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "towour",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g3": "",
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        "var": ""
      },
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    },
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        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
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        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/tuːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tour"
}

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