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• dor
  dor

  noun

  Also dorbeetle a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
• Dor.
  Dor.

  abbreviation

  Dorian.

dor

¹ American  

[dawr] / dɔr /

Or dorr

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.

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dor ² American  

[dawr] / dɔr /

noun

Archaic.

1. mockery; scorn.

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Dor. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Dorian.

2. Doric.

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dor British  

/ dɔː /

noun

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

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Etymology

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

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Example Sentences

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dor Dor.

In the supermarket, bilingual signs pointed shoppers to bwyd môr in Welsh, or seafood, rather than boos mor, and tatws melys, or sweet potato, rather than aval dor melys.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

We’ve found 23 species of dung beetle in a single cowpat, one of which – the violet dor beetle – hasn’t been seen in Sussex for 50 years.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2018

One of the more familiar faces around President Sukarno's office these days is the grim and sorrowing visage of Yao Chung-ming, Red China's ambassa dor in Djakarta.

From Time Magazine Archive

To negotiate with the Russians, says an American ambassa dor, "you must have enormous patience, doggedness, fantastically thick skin and the ability to hit hard."

From Time Magazine Archive

San dor Clegane spat at her feet to show what he thought at that.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Dor. crosses to R., C., to speak to him.

From The Squire An Original Comedy in Three Acts by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

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