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kemp

noun
/kɛmp/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Proto-West Germanic *kampijō Old English cempa Middle English kempe English kemp From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus. Doublet of champion. Cognate with literary German Kämpe (“champion, fighter”), German Kempf.

  1. derived from *ǵénus✻ — “jaw”
  2. inherited from *kanipaz✻ — “beard, moustache, whiskers”
  3. inherited from *kanip✻
  4. inherited from cenep — “moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”
  5. inherited from kempe — “coarse hairs”

Definitions

  1. A coarse or bristly hair, whisker

    A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

  2. Rough hair, wool, or fur.

  3. Shaggy

    Shaggy; rough.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To strive or contend in any way

      To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.

    2. A contest in work, etc.

    3. A champion

      A champion; a knight.

    4. A surname

    5. A placename

The neighborhood

Derived

Kemp Town

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA