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hearse

[ hurs ]
/ hɜrs /
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noun

a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.
a canopy erected over a tomb.

Words related to hearse

coffin, pyre, support, grave, catafalque

Words nearby hearse

hearken, hearn, hearsay, hearsay evidence, hearsay rule, hearse, hearst, hearst, william randolph, heart, heart and soul, heart attack

Origin of hearse

1250–1300; Middle English herse < Middle French herce a harrow < Latin hirpicem, accusative of hirpex

OTHER WORDS FROM hearse

hearse·like, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for hearse

hearse
/ (hɜːs) /

noun

a vehicle, such as a specially designed car or carriage, used to carry a coffin to a place of worship and ultimately to a cemetery or crematorium

Word Origin for hearse

C14: from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow
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