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BNC: 44280 COCA: 42732
BNC: 44280 COCA: 42732

bittern

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noun (1)

bit·​tern ˈbi-tərn How to pronounce bittern (audio)
: any of various small or medium-sized, short-necked, usually secretive herons (especially genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus)

bittern

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noun (2)

: the bitter water solution of salts that remains after sodium chloride has crystallized out of a brine

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English bitoure, from Anglo-French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin buteo hawk + taurus bull

Noun (2)

irregular from bitter entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1682, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bittern was circa 1530
BNC: 44280 COCA: 42732

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