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cor

1 American  
[kor] / kɒr /

interjection

British Dialect.

  1. gor.

cor 2 American  
[kawr] / kɔr /

noun

Chiefly British.

  1. the tenor oboe.

  2. the English horn.

cor 3 American  
[kawr, kohr] / kɔr, koʊr /

noun

plural

cordia

  1. (in prescriptions) the heart.

cor- 4 American  

  1. variant of com- before r: correlate.

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.

Cor. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Bible. Corinthians.

  2. Coroner.

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

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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

“St. Matthew Passion,” with responses by Victoria; Anerio’s “Christus Factus Est”; Palestrina’s “Improperium Expectavit cor Meum”; Lotti’s “Crucifixus”; chants and other works; with soloists; Louise Basbas, music director and organist.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2014

These include "I cor do that" instead of "I can't do that", "It wor me" instead of "It wasn't me" and "Ay?" instead of "Pardon?"

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2013

When the boy Miles sang, Christine Pendrill's cor anglais combined beguilingly with Michael Clayton-Jolly's piping treble; Susanna Stranders moved from the piano to celesta, spinning eerie lines whenever Peter Quint made a ghostly appearance.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2013

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

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