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wren

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɛn/

name

Etymology: Originally a nickname, from Middle English wrenne (“wren”).

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. A surname transferred from the nickname.

    “The Wren church did not cross the Atlantic at once.”

    “This engraving of a Wren design for the north elevation was made in 1702.”

  3. A male or female given name.

    “"What's ironic," Alexandra said, "is that Mother named her Wren because as a newborn she reminded Mother of a shy bird. Little did she know."”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).

  1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
  2. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
  3. Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.