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whittret

Meaning of "whittret" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHITTRET

Old English whytrate, whittratt; perhaps from hwītwhite + rættrat.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WHITTRET

ˈwɪtrət


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITTRET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whittret is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHITTRET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of whittret in the English dictionary

The definition of whittret in the dictionary is a male weasel.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHITTRET

barrat · carat · carrot · claret · curat · electret · equiparate · Garrett · garrot · governorate · karat · Margaret · Meerut · morat · noncorporate · nondegenerate · parrot · quadrat · rectorate · valerate

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITTRET

whitlow grass · Whitman · Whitney · whitrack · whitret · whitrick · whitster · Whitsun · Whitsunday · Whitsuntide · whittawer · whitter · whitterick · Whittier · Whittington · whittle · whittler · whittlings · Whitworth screw thread · whity

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITTRET

arret · beret · buret · cabaret · coffret · ferret · fret · garret · in the secret · interpret · Loiret · regret · ret · secret · Siret · top secret · top-secret · tret · turret · whitret

Synonyms and antonyms of whittret in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whittret» into 25 languages

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whittret
1,325 millions of speakers
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whittret
570 millions of speakers
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whittret
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whittret
380 millions of speakers
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whittret
280 millions of speakers
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whittret
278 millions of speakers
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whittret
270 millions of speakers
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whittret
260 millions of speakers
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whittret
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Whittret
190 millions of speakers
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whittret
180 millions of speakers
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whittret
130 millions of speakers
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whittret
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Whittret
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whittret
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whittret
75 millions of speakers
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वेटट्रेट
75 millions of speakers
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whittret
70 millions of speakers
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whittret
65 millions of speakers
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whittret
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whittret
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whittret
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whittret
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whittret
14 millions of speakers
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whittret
10 millions of speakers
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whittret
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITTRET»

Discover the use of whittret in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whittret and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Magazine of Natural History
The Wiustela vulgaris, Whittret, or Common Weasel, is (as shown p. 175.) oddly defined by Dr. Johnson to be "a small animal that eats corn and kills mice." * The common weasel lives almost altogether on the smaller species of mice, with, ...
John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson, 1833
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The Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, ...
Art. III. On the Habits and Food of the British Species of the Genus Mustela. By W. L. of Selkirkshire. The Mustela vulgaris, Whittret, or Common Weasel, is (as shown p. 175.) oddly denned by Dr. Johnson to be "a small animal that eats corn and ...
J. C. Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, 1833
3
Magazine of Natural History
The Mustela vulgaris, Whittret, or Common Weasel, is (as shown p. 175.) oddly defined by Dr. Johnson to be "a small animal that eats corn and kills mice." * The common weasel lives almost altogether on the smaller species of mice, with, ...
‎1833
4
The magazine of naturel history and journal of zoology botany
The lAustela vulgaris, Whittret, or Common Weasel, is (as shown p. 175.) oddly defined by Dr. Johnson to be "a small animal that eats coi n and kills mice." * The common weasel lives almost altogether on the smaller species of mice, with, ...
Loudon, 1833
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The Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, ...
The Mustela vulgaris, Whittret, or Common Weasel, is (as shown p. 175.) oddly defined by Dr. Johnson to be "a small animal that eats corn and kills mice." • The common weasel lives almost altogether on the smaller species of mice, with, ...
‎1833
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Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, ...
The Mustela vulgaris, Whittret, or Common Weasel, is (as shown p. 175.) oddly defined by Dr. Johnson to be "a small animal that eats corn and kills mice." * The common weasel lives almost altogether on the smaller species of mice, with, ...
‎1833
7
Elizabeth de Bruce
The men consulted apart for a moment, during which time the Whittret tipped a sly wink to Ja- cobina, which sent her to the braes like " shaft from a bow" — screaming like a lapwing when the hounds are on its young. With a volley of oaths the ...
Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1827
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The new British Novelist: comprising works by the most ...
The men consulted apart for a moment, during which time the Whittret tipped a sly wink to J acobina, which sent her to the braes like “ shaft from a bow”—screaming like a lapwing when the hounds are on its young. With a volley of oaths the ...
‎1835
9
Elizabeth de Bruce, by the author of Clan-Albin
The Whittret, it should be told, had no felonious intent in watching his young master's bearing, farther than what arose from discontent, that he who had so largely assisted in all former boyish pranks, should be left out when mischief more ...
Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1827
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The Chambers Dictionary
See whittret whitster nit star or hwit'slar, (archaic) n a bleacher of clothes or cloth, [white, and female agent sfx -ster] Whitsun wit'san or Imit'san, adj relating to or observed at Whitsuntide. n Whitsuntide. - Whitsun ale a festival formerly held at ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
REFERENCE
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