martin

UK /ˈmɑː.tɪn/ US /ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/

name 5noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

inspired, late, nonviolent, rolling, tall, tired, young

The late martin Luther King Jr. inspired millions with his powerful speeches.

VERB + MARTIN

hurry, impress, knew, name, question

I hurried to martin the fence before the rain started this afternoon.

MARTIN + NOUN

-, heidegger, jr, king, king's, luther, scorsese, supporters

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

PREP.

about, in, up

The purple martin flew up into the old wooden birdhouse near our barn.

ADV.

already, fairly

The swift martin was already nesting under the eaves of our old barn.

Definitions

noun

Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.

name

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

Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.

Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22nd day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. - - - Now you see, brother Toby, he would say, looking up, "that christian names are not such indifferent things;" - Had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity - Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name - far from it - 'tis something better than a neutral, and but a little - yet little as it is, you see it was of some service to him.

A surname.

It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.

A surname.

A placename, including:

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Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.

Wiktionary

Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.

Wiktionary

What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,/

Wiktionary

Martin seemed very tired, didn't he?

Tatoeba · #32982

Martin Luther King, Jr., a man of peace, was killed by an assassin's bullet.

Tatoeba · #32983

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