different between warre vs warren

English

Etymology

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Noun

warre (countable and uncountable, plural warres)

1. Obsolete spelling of war
   • 1572, George Gascoigne, "Dulce Bellum Inexpertis"

     The Poets olde in their fonde fables faine, / That mightie Mars is god of Warre and Strife, / These astronomers thinke, where Mars doth raigne, / That all debate and discorde must he rife,

   • 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan:

     Out Of Civil States, There Is Alwayes Warre Of Every One Against Every One

Anagrams

• rawer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

warren (plural warrens)

1. The system of burrows where rabbits live.
2. (figuratively) A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
3. (archaic) The class of small game such as hare, pheasants, stoats, etc., as opposed to beasts of chase such as deer, bear, and foxes.
4. A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
5. (historical) The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.

Derived terms

• Dawlish Warren
• free warren
• rabbit warren
• warrener

Translations

References

• warren at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Warner, warner

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r?n

Noun

warren

1. Plural form of war

Middle English

Verb

warren

1. Alternative form of werren