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hagdon

English

Alternative forms

  • hag, hagdown, haglin, hagden

Etymology

Unknown. Compare later haglet (shearwater, petrel). Attested (as hagden) from the 17th century.

Noun

hagdon (plural hagdons)

  1. (regional, now rare) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus, especially, Ardenna gravis (syn. Puffinus gravis, Puffinus major), the great shearwater, and Puffinus stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater.

References

  • hagdon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Puffinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • “hagden, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2016
  • hagdon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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hagwon

English

Alternative forms

  • hakwon

Etymology

Korean ??(??) (hagwon)

Noun

hagwon (plural hagwons)

  1. A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.

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