partan

[pahr-tn]

noun

Scot.

1. a crab.

partan

/ ˈpartən, ˈpɑːtən /

noun

1. a Scot word for crab 1 crab 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of partan¹

1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic: crab

Word History and Origins

Origin of partan¹

C15: of Celtic origin

Example Sentences

So by the time they reached the Partan Burn she had completely outclassed Hugh John.

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Sarah R. Partan of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., and her students have used a custom-built squirrel robot to track how real squirrels respond to the components of an alarm signal.

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“People are always coming over, asking what we’re doing,” said Dr. Partan.

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But the marquis found even the hen-pecked Partan a nobler and more elevating presence than any strutting platitude of Bond street.

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He would walk straight across the road until he felt the sand under his feet; there stand for a few moments facing the sea, and, with nostrils distended, breathing deep breaths of the air from the north-east, then turn and walk back to Meg Partan's kitchen and resume his ministration of light.

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