"culver" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkulvər/ Forms: culveres [plural], culveren [plural]
Etymology: From Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|culufre}} Old English culufre, {{der|enm|VL.|*columbra}} Vulgar Latin *columbra, {{der|enm|la|columbula}} Latin columbula Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} culver, {{enm-noun|culveres|pl2=culveren}} culver (plural culveres or culveren)
  1. A dove (Columba spp.) Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-culver-enm-noun--l14EAgF Disambiguation of Birds: 92 8 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 1 43 5
  2. An affectionate term of familiarity.
    Sense id: en-culver-enm-noun-RI6T3bGJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: douve, colvere, colvore, colvre, cullfre, culvere, culvre

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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