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halloo

Meaningto chase with shouts

Common meaning: a shout to urge on hounds

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchhalloer‘to chase with shouts’source
  2. Middle Englishhalowensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto chase with shouts → a shout to urge on houndshalloo‘a shout to urge on hounds’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French halloer ‘to chase with shouts’.

Roots

  • halloer Old French “to chase with shouts”

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