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Dart

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A river in Devon, England, which flows from Dartmoor to the English Channel at Dartmouth.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A river in Devon, England, which flows from Dartmoor to the English Channel at Dartmouth.

  2. 2

    An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio, United States, said to be named for a bird flying like a dart.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dar (“oak”). Cognate to the Darent.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Middle English.

Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.

noun

  1. 1

    slangAn officer trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England.

Forms

plural
Darts
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