WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dor1
(dôr),USA pronunciation n.
dor2 (dôr),USA pronunciation n. [Archaic.]
Dor.,
- Insectsany of several insects, as the June bug, that make a buzzing noise in flight.
- bef. 900; Middle English dor(r)e, Old English dora; compare Middle Low German dorte drone
dor2 (dôr),USA pronunciation n. [Archaic.]
- mockery;
scorn.
- Old Norse dār mockery; compare German Tor fool
- 1545–55
Dor.,
- Dorian.
- Doric.
'dor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dormouse
- dumbledore
- Andean condor
- battledore
- bayadere
- California condor
- chamaedorea
- compander
- doch-an-dorrach
- door
- doorbrand
- Dorcas society
- Dore
- dormer
- dormie
- dormitory suburb
- dornick
- dorper
- dorr
- dorsal
- dorsal fin
- dorsal lip
- dorsal root
- Dorset Horn
- dorsiventral
- dorsoventral
- dorter
- dorty
- Mary Tudor
- matador
- mirador
- outsplendor
- pandora
- pre-Doric
- pre-Tudor
- Thermidor
- toreador
- transponder
- Tudor arch
- utilidor
- weld
- spiny dormouse