dor

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/ˈdɔː(ɹ)/

noun

Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.

OriginMiddle English dorre ← Old English dora ← Proto-West Germanic *dorō →
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Meanings

dor1

noundor (plural dors)

plural dors · alternative dorr

  1. Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.
  2. Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee.

dor2

noundor (plural dors)

plural dors

  1. obsoleteA trick, joke, or deception.

    To say you were impotent! I am ashamed on 't! To make yourself no man? to a fresh maid too, A longing maid? upon her wedding-night also, To give her such a dor?

    1624 June 6 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, “A Wife for a Moneth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Dor3

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Doreen.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Doris.

Dor4

proper nounDor (plural Dors)

plural Dors

  1. A surname.

DOR5

nounDOR (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of dance-oriented rock.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bongotantura

Origin

dor · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰer-
  2. Proto-Germanic*durô“bumblebee, humming insect”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*dorō
  4. Old Englishdora“humming insect”
  5. Middle Englishdorre
  6. Englishdor

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

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dor · noun

Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.

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Translations

Czech chrobák velký
  • chrobák velkýG. sterocorarius
Dutch gewone mestkever
  • gewone mestkeverG. sterocorarius
French géotrupe du fumier
  • géotrupe du fumierG. sterocorarius
Irish priompallán
  • priompallánG. sterocorarius
Swedish tordyvel
  • tordyvelG. sterocorarius

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dor

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Sounds the same

doordoor

Anagrams

rodorddro
Cite this entry
APA

dor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dor

MLA

“dor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dor.

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