Martin Definition

märtn

martins

noun

Any of several swallows (esp. genus Progne), as the purple martin and various Old World birds (esp. Delichon urbica)

Webster's New World

A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.

Wiktionary

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Wiktionary

A masculine name.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
st. martin
Steve Martin
mary martin
Dino Paul Crocetti
Dean Martin

pronoun

A patronymic surname.

Wiktionary

A male given name originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.

Wiktionary

An English habitational surname for someone who lived near a mere.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Martin

Noun

Singular:

martin

Plural:

martins, martins

Origin of Martin

Furthermore, the name Mars is likely to have been brought into Latin from elsewhere, likely the Etruscan Maris which was their name for the same deity.

From Wiktionary
From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars"), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix.

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Middle English martoune probably from the name Martin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Martin

From Wiktionary
Uncertain.

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