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seg¹

  • /sɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).

noun segs · segge

  1. archaic A man; warrior; hero.
  2. UK, dialectal A man; fellow.

seg²

  • /sɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).

noun segs

  1. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete A castrated farm animal.

seg³

  • /sɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

Clipping of segregation.

noun

  1. US, slang, uncountable Segregation. […] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play.

adjective

  1. not comparable Designated for people of color Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.

seg⁴

  • /sɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

Genericized trademark of Blakey's Segs, a British brand of shoe protector. Formed as an

apocopic form of (steel) segment.

noun segs

  1. UK A shoe protector (metal stud or plate affixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear). Coordinate term: hobnail

    Similar: blakey

  2. dialectal A callus, an area of hardened skin.

seg⁵

  • /sɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

Where it comes from

See sedge.

noun

  1. Sedge.
  2. Gladen, or other species of Iris. In one district of Stronsa, I observed several acres covered with the common yellow flag, or seg (iris pseudacorus,) of which a very coarse kind of hay is here made.

seg⁶

  • /sɛɡ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡ

noun segs

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of segment The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.

SEG⁷

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Smart Export Guarantee
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Society of Economic Geologists
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of Society of Exploration Geophysicists
  4. abbreviation, historical Abbreviation of Southern Examining Group
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of Special Escort Group

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@misc{seg_2026,
  title = {seg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}