kor

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proper noun

A surname.

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homer
OriginBiblical Hebrew כֹּר →
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Meanings

kor1

nounkor (plural kors)

plural kors

  1. alternativehistoricalunits of measureAlternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.

    Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

    2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161

KOR2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationhistoricalinitialismInitialism of The Komitet Obrony Robotników (Workers' Defence Committee), a Polish workers' committee which preceded the Solidarity movement.

    Our young friends in the KOR invited us for a Christmas Eve feast in a cold but cheery apartment.

    2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 191

Kor3

proper nounKor (plural Kors)

plural Kors

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

Similar
homer
Broader
volume unitcapacity unitcapacity measure
Also see
bendamirhomersouth korea

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

kor · noun

  1. Biblical Hebrewכֹּר
  2. Englishkor

From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

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Kor · proper noun

  1. Middle High Germankur“official inspector”
  2. EnglishKor

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Caw, shortened from McCaw. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Kohr, from a short form of Konrad, or from Kur, occupational surname from Middle High German kur (“official inspector”) (see modern Kurier (“messenger, courier”)). * As a Dutch surname, from Gronings dialect kor (“wheelbarrow, hand-truck”). * As a Polish surname, possibly a variant of several places derived from góra (“mountain”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 高 (gāo) (see Gao) or 高 (gāo) (see Xu).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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