cor

¹ American  

[kor] / kɒr /

interjection

British Dialect.

1. gor.

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cor ² American  

[kawr] / kɔr /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. the tenor oboe.

2. the English horn.

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cor ³ American  

[kawr, kohr] / kɔr, koʊr /

noun

plural

cordia

1. (in prescriptions) the heart.

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cor- ⁴ American  

1. variant of com- before r: correlate.

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cor. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. corner.

2. cornet.

3. coroner.

4. corpus.

5. correct.

6. corrected.

7. correction.

8. correlative.

9. correspondence.

10. correspondent.

11. corresponding.

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Cor. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Bible. Corinthians.

2. Coroner.

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Cor. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Corinthians

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cor ² British  

/ kɔː /

interjection

1. slang an exclamation of surprise, amazement, or admiration

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Etymology

Origin of cor¹

First recorded in 1930–35; euphemistic alteration of God!

Origin of cor²

First recorded in 1865–70; from French cor (anglais) ( English ) horn

Origin of cor³

From Latin

Example Sentences

They are news-making, cor blimey, take a look at this photo.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

From observing him down the years, he appears to have a couple of go-to’s - a cor blimey guv’nor cockney one and an ee, bah gum Yorkshire one.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2021

Jaqueline, vestindo uma camiseta cor turquesa da U.M.A. que dizia “Microcefalia, não é o fim”, fez com que ele passasse o remédio através das grades da janela da sua casa verde.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017

Nicholas White conducts a performance of solo song settings by various composers and includes his own cantata, “The Raven,” a work in eight movements for vocal quartet, with string quartet, horn, cor anglais and piano.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2015

What Annabelle does know now: The word courage comes from the Latin word cor, meaning heart.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti