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Definition: DORN


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A British ray; the thornback.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Dorn" is a common misspelling or typo for: worn, corn, adorn, Doran, dorm.

Date "Dorn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1568. (references)

Etymology:Dorn \Dorn\, noun. [Compare to German dorn thorn, Dutch doorn, and German dornfisch stickleback.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DORN

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A fish.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Geography	Dorn is geographically located in Germany. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture), a forest(s) (an area dominated by tree vegetation), and a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 47.783333 degrees North latitude and 10.05 degrees East longitude. (references)
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Common Expressions: DORN

Expressions	Definition
Dorn Graybrook	Dorn Graybrook is a fictional character from the fantasy series Forgotten Realms featured in the series The Year of Rogue Dragons, and created by author Richard Lee Byers. (references)
Earl Van Dorn	Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820 - May 7, 1863) was a Confederate Major General during the American Civil War. (references)
Ed Dorn	Edward Dorn (1929-1999) was a United States poet who was associated with the Black Mountain poets. (references)
Francis Edwin Dorn	Francis Edwin Dorn, a Representative from New York was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 18 1911. He attended St. Augustine and Bishop McLaughlin Memorial High Schools. He was graduated from Fordham University in 1932 and from the law school of the same university in 1935. He also studied at NYU Wagner School of Public Service in 1936. He was admitted to the bar in 1936 and began practice in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was elected to the State assembly in 1940 but resigned to enlist in the United States Navy in 1941.Dorn served four years overseas and was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, later being promoted to commander. Dorn was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3 1953-January 3 1961). He later resumed the practice of law in Brooklyn. He is founder of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and was a resident of Brooklyn until his death in New York City, September 17 1987. (references)
Gerhard Dorn	Gerhard Dorn was a 16th century alchemist whose work is referred to by Carl Jung and his colleague, Marie-Louise von Franz. (references)
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn	Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn, also cited as Boris Andreevich Dorn (born April 29, 1805 in Scheierfeld, Saxe-Coburg, Germany; died May 19, 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a German orientalist. (references)
Ludwik Dorn	Ludwik Dorn (born June 5 1954 in Warsaw) - Polish politician, vice chairman of Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) party, Members of Polish Parliament (Sejm). (references)
Van Dorn Street (Washington Metro)	Van Dorn Street is a Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia on the Blue Line. (references)
W.J. Bryan Dorn	William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1916-August 13, 2005) was a United States politician from South Carolina who represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and from 1951 to 1975. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: DORN

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Van Dorn sampler	Mining	This sediment sampler consists of a Plexiglas cylinder closed at each end by an ordinary rubber force cup. The two cups are connected by a length of surgical rubber tubing inside the cylinder, prestressed enough to permit the force cups to retain the sample in the cylinder. In the armed position, the two cups are pulled outside the cylinder, where they are restrained by a releasing mechanism attached to the outside wall. Two short loops of wire connect the cups to the releasing mechanism. The cups are released underwater by sending a messenger down the hydrographic wire. This sampler does not invert, which prevents use of reversing thermometersin conjunction with sampling. (references)
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Extended Definition: DORN

Dorn

Dorn (German for thorn) is a German/Austrian and Dutch/Flemish surname:

lineage of Ruprecht I count of Dürn (1151?-1199?)[1]
- Boppo I von Dorn (d. ca. 1276)
- Konrad I von Dorn (1205? - 1258?)
Gerhard Dorn (circa 1530–1584), Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile.
Heinrich Dorn (1804-1892), German composer.
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (1805-1881), German orientalist.
Earl Van Dorn (1820-1863), US major general.
Alexander Dorn (1833-1901), German composer.
Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848-1916), German physicist.
Francis Edwin Dorn (1911-1987), member of the United States House of Representatives
Ed Dorn (1929-1999), US poet.
William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1916-2005), US politician.

Roosevelt F. Dorn (b. 1935), mayor.
Alexander von Dorn (b. 1938), Austrian economist.
Jerry ver Dorn (b. 1948)
Michael Dorn (b. 1952) US actor.
Ludwik Dorn (b. 1954), Polish politician.
Rüdiger Dorn (b. 1969), game designer.
Thea Dorn (b. 1970), German writer.
Luke Dorn (b. 1982), rugby player
Joel Dorn, music producer.
Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, English writer and filmmaker.

in fiction:

Fandorin, a fictitious Russian surname derived from von Dorn.
Dorn Marto, a character in the video game Star Ocean.

Topics by Level of Interest: DORN
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Ed Dorn	19	CSS General Earl Van Dorn	7
Dody Dorn	16	Dody Dorn	16
Michael Dorn	16	Dorn	12
Dorn	12	Dorn (band)	5
Van Dorn Street	10	Dorn Beattie	2
Friedrich Ernst Dorn	10	Dorn method	7
Ludwik Dorn	10	Earl Van Dorn	6
Van Dorn Street (Washington Metro)	8	Ed Dorn	19
Walter Dorn	8	Edward John Dorn	3
Luke Dorn	7	Francis E. Dorn	4
CSS General Earl Van Dorn	7	Friedrich Ernst Dorn	10
Dorn method	7	Gerhard Dorn	5
William Jennings Bryan Dorn	7	Jennifer Dunbar Dorn	4
Earl Van Dorn	6	Jerry ver Dorn	5
Ralph Dorn Hetzel	6	Joel Dorn	4
Tobin Dorn	6	Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn	3
Gerhard Dorn	5	Ludwik Dorn	10
Dorn (band)	5	Luke Dorn	7
Jerry ver Dorn	5	Michael Dorn	16
Philip Dorn	5	Philip Dorn	5
Thea Dorn	5	Rüdiger Dorn	3
Francis E. Dorn	4	Ralph Dorn Hetzel	6
Joel Dorn	4	Roosevelt F. Dorn	4
Jennifer Dunbar Dorn	4	Thea Dorn	5
Roosevelt F. Dorn	4	Tobin Dorn	6
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn	3	Van Dorn Street	10
Rüdiger Dorn	3	Van Dorn Street (Washington Metro)	8
Edward John Dorn	3	Walter Dorn	8
Dorn Beattie	2	William Jennings Bryan Dorn	7
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: DORN

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Scots Gaelic	dronnag (a small eminence, the back, Dorn, ridge of back, small of back). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, Dorn. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “Dorn” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	Ornday (Dorn). Additional references: Pig Latin, Dorn. (volunteer)
Terran B	dronnag (Dorn). Additional references: Terran B, Dorn. (volunteer)
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