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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

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

It was a beautiful though embattled fortress where the boy adoringly watched his father pitting the benevolent forces of orgone against evil forces that he called "dor."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the act of returning the purse, Cantinflas is mistaken for his mata dor double.

From Time Magazine Archive

San dor Clegane wrenched off his helm with both hands and let it fall to the ground.

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