WARREN
warren
(noun) a colony of rabbits
warren, rabbit warren
(noun) an overcrowded residential area
warren, rabbit warren
(noun) a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
Warren, Earl Warren
(noun) United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)
Warren, Robert Penn Warren
(noun) United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
warren (plural warrens)
The system of burrows where rabbits live.
An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits.
(figuratively) A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
A heart-shaped hoe.
Anagrams
• Warner, warner
Etymology
Proper noun
Warren
A surname.
A male given name from Germanic languages.
A placename
A town in New South Wales, Australia.
A region of southern Western Australia, Australia.
A community in Manitoba, Canada; named for railroad executive A. E. Warren.
A city, the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas, United States.
A former settlement near Fellows, Kern County, California, United States.
A former settlement near Mojave, Kern County, California, United States.
A town in Connecticut, United States; named for Joseph Warren.
An unincorporated community in Idaho, United States.
A village in Illinois, United States; named for Warren Burnett, the first white child born in the area.
A town in Indiana, United States.
An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
A town in Maine, United States; named for Joseph Warren.
A town in Massachusetts, United States; named for Joseph Warren.
A city in Michigan, United States; named for War of 1812 veteran Rev. Abel Warren.
A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Minnesota, United States; named for railroad executive Charles Howard Warren.
A city, the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States; named for surveyor Moses Warren.
An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States; named for its township, itself for Joseph Warren.
An unincorporated community in Montana, United States.
A town in New Hampshire, United States; named for Peter Warren.
A town in Herkimer County, New York, United States; named for Joseph Warren.
A census-designated place in Oregon, United States; named for the town in Massachusetts.
A city, the county seat of Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States; named for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren.
A town in Rhode Island, United States; named for British naval officer Peter Warren.
A former settlement in Texas, United States and the former county seat of Fannin County.
A census-designated place in Tyler County, Texas, United States.
An unincorporated community in Utah, United States; named for Utah politician and Mormon leader Lewis Warren Shurtliff.
A town in Vermont, United States; named for Joseph Warren.
An unincorporated community in Virginia, United States.
A village in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.
A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States.
A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States.
Proper noun
The Warren
A village in Berkshire, England.
Usage notes
The given name used in medieval England and returned to use in the nineteenth century, often transferred from the surname. It has been more popular in the U.S.A. than in the U.K.
Anagrams
• Warner, warner
Source: Wiktionary
War"ren, n. Etym: [Of. waresne, warenne, garene, F. garenne, from OF. warer, garer, to beware, to take care; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. war (in comp.), OS. war to take care, to observe, akin to E. wary. Wary.]
1. (Eng Law) (a) A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. Burrill. (b) A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission. Spelman. They wend both warren and in waste. Piers Plowman.
Note: The warren is the next franchise in degree to the park; and a forest, which is the highest in dignity, comprehends a chase, a park, and a free warren.
2. A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
3. A place for keeping flash, in a river.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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