dor

¹

Or dorr

[dawr]

noun

1. Also dorbeetle a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.

2. any of several insects, as the June bug, that make a buzzing noise in flight.

dor

²

[dawr]

noun

Archaic.

1. mockery; scorn.

Dor.

³

abbreviation

1. Dorian.

2. Doric.

dor

/ dɔː /

noun

1. any European dung beetle of the genus Geotrupes and related genera, esp G. stercorarius, having a droning flight

Word History and Origins

Origin of dor¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English dor(r)e, Old English dora; compare Middle Low German dorte “drone”

Origin of dor²

1545–55; < Old Norse dār mockery; compare German Tor fool

Word History and Origins

Origin of dor¹

Old English dora bumblebee; related to Middle Low German dorte _drone ¹

Example Sentences

"North Korea is a very closed system and closed economy so they created a successful industry for hacking and laundering and they don't care about the negative impression of cyber crime," Dr Dorit Dor from cyber security company Check Point said.

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“Getting off the bus, walking across the road and going ‘Alright Dor?’ and then she gives me advice on what I should be like when I travel up to London to see Gavin, and she gives me a little bit of saucy advice.

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"There was a lot of destruction and an active fire," paramedic Dor Vakinin told AFP news agency.

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Israel player Dor Saar said on Wednesday that the Ireland team is "quite anti-Semitic".

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On the third floor, the theme of “Play” is put through various permutations, including the game-board compositions of Dor Maimoun’s Jacquard-weave textile painting and Michael Hambouz’s gouache on wood panel.

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