turpin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French [Term?], of Germanic origin: Tur (“god or divine”) + pin (“evergreen tree”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to terrapin?”)
Noun[edit]
turpin (plural turpins)
- (obsolete) Any terrestrial tortoise.
References[edit]
- “turpin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.