KORT

K5O1R1T1

proper noun

A surname.

OriginYiddish קאָרט →
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Meanings

KORT1

nounKORT (plural KORTs or KORT)

plural KORTs · alternative K.O.R.T. · alternative KoRT

  1. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of Knight of the Round Table.

KoRT2

nounKoRT (plural KoRTs)

plural KoRTs

  1. abbreviationinformalAbbreviation of Knight of the Round Table.
nounKoRT pl (plural only)

alternative KORT · alternative K.O.R.T.

  1. abbreviationinformalpluralplural onlyAbbreviation of Knights of the Round Table.

Kort3

proper nounKort (plural Korts)

plural Korts

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Yiddishקאָרט“cord”
  2. EnglishKort

* As a Dutch surname, from the adjective kort (“short”). * As a German surname, pet form of Konrad. * As a Jewish surname, via Polish from Yiddish קאָרט (kort, “cord”), ultimately from the root of English cord. * Also as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאַרטל (kartl, “card”), itself borrowed from German Karte.

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