Meanings
- with definite articleA famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.
The House of More has a pretty Georgian paneling through most of the rooms, but in the dining room the walls are level and painted a dull stone color. […] Some photographs of the Quorn hung over the mantelpiece, and five or six drab ancestors filled up the remaining space.
1902, John Buchan, The Watcher by the Threshold1 more example
I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC - A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616).
- A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia.
- A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat.
For a vegetarian option, use Quorn pieces instead of prawns.
2011, Rosemary Conley, Rosemary Conley's Amazing Inch Loss Plan, page 2573 more examples
It is now easier for a vegetarian to eat sufficient protein because of products such as Quorn, tofu and textured vegetable protein.
2004, J. L. Clarke, Mary Dougherty Riley, Veronica Dougherty, OCR National Certificate in Health and Social Care: Level 2, page 384April brings the main course: a medley of asparagus tips, shiitake mushrooms, and the featured ingredient, an unlikely hybrid of life-giving wholesomeness and bio-industrial hubris known as Quorn.
2006 October 20, Julian Dibbell, “The Ultra-Extreme Calorie Restriction Diet Test”, in New York MagazineI opted for the vegan breakfast (£4.57), which comes with two Quorn sausages, baked beans, two hash browns, mushroom, tomato, a slice of toast and a vegan spread.
2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star
Origin
- Old Englishcweorndun
- EnglishQuorn
Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire.
More words from Old English
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Dutch quorn
- quornmycoprotein-based food product
French quorn
- quornmycoprotein-based food product
Polish quorn
- quornmycoprotein-based food product
Swedish quorn
- quornmycoprotein-based food product
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Quorn
Cite this entry
Quorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quorn
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