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culver¹

  • /ˈkʌlvə/

Rhymes with -ʌlvə

Where it comes from

From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).

noun culvers

  1. UK A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus. Had he ſo doen, he had him ſnatcht away, / More light then Culuer in the Faulcons fiſt.

    Similar: wood pigeon, wood-pigeon, woodpigeon

culver²

  • /ˈkʌlvə/

Rhymes with -ʌlvə

Where it comes from

From culverin, perhaps by confusion with culver (“dove or pigeon”).

noun culvers

  1. A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon. Falcon and culver on each tower / Stood prompt, their deadly hail to shower; […]

Culver³

proper noun Colfer

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Marshall County, Indiana.
  3. A minor city in Ottawa County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
  5. An unincorporated community and township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
  6. An extinct town in Bates County, Missouri.
  7. A minor city in Jefferson County, Oregon.

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"culver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/culver. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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culver. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/culver

Chicago

"culver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/culver.

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@misc{culver_2026,
  title = {culver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/culver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}