Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A raven; a crow.

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  • proper noun An English surname.
  • proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymologies

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Anglo-Norman nickname corb "crow", or shortened from the rare given name Corbinian of a Frankish eighth century saint, probably from Latin corvus, "crow, raven".

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