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  mort

  noun

  the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
• Mort
  Mort

  noun

  a male given name, form of Mortimer or Morton.

mort

¹ American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

1. Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.

2. Obsolete. death.

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mort ² American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

1. a three-year-old salmon.

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mort ³ American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

British Dialect.

1. lard.

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Mort ⁴ American  

[mawrt] / mɔrt /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Mortimer or Morton.

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mort ¹ British  

/ mɔːt /

noun

1. a call blown on a hunting horn to signify the death of the animal hunted

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mort ² British  

/ mɔːt /

noun

1. a great deal; a great many

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Etymology

Origin of mort¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French, Old French, from Latin mort- (stem of mors ) “death”

Origin of mort²

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

Origin of mort³

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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However, nettoyage de la mort does not work in French – they are going to call it instead La Vie en Ordre.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2018

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father, the mad and tragic Charles VI, in 1422.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2015

“For two years I photographed its dead cats, dogs, sheep, chickens, flamingos and other creatures in various stages of metamorphosis. I wanted to explore the ‘divers domaines de la mort.’

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2014

This particular groupe de la mort has been made considerably less perilous by the fact that three teams will qualify for the quarter-finals under the complicated and contrived format of the competition.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013

The mort brought most at the stragglers up in due time.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

In the late 1980s, during roughly the same period Steinem later described grappling with depression, she also dated New York real-estate magnate Mort Zuckerman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In a statement shared with The Times, Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus attributed the cancellation to “the evolving daytime television landscape.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

"We will miss him dearly," co-presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein said in a statement.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025

Years earlier, political comic Mort Sahl described going to a Billy Graham rally.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024

In April, the Germans attempted to capture a strategic height named Le Mort Homme, Dead Man’s Hill, but were pushed back before they could reach the summit.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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