harbour

plural harbours

1. Commonwealth spellingStandard spelling of harbor.

   In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland.

   1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492

present singular third person harbours · participle present harbouring · participle past harboured · past harboured

1. Commonwealth spellingStandard spelling of harbor.

   The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.

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   The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.

   a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC

   Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin.

   1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert

   Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 188, about Flamborough

   If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break

   2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020

plural Harbours · alternative Arber · alternative Harber · alternative Harbor

1. A surname.
   1. A surname from English
   2. A surname from French, variant of Arbour