Elk

See also: elk, -elk, and Ełk

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Elk (plural Elks)

1. A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.

Derived terms

• Elkdom

Etymology 2

Noun

Elk (plural Elks)

1. (informal) An Acorn Electron computer.
   • 1999, Lionel Smith, “Reading old DOS discs on a BBC”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):

     Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron. Never did get it working fully on the Elk, I think my Elk with Mode 7 box caused a problem with the use of IRQ workspace, system speed was also a factor IIRC.

   • 2003, Gareth Williams, “What is Electron Elite V2?”, in alt.fan.elite (Usenet):

     I'm pretty certain I remember seeing it on a price list when most BBC and Elk games had to be mail ordered (I think Impact was the mail order company - they also produced games like Zenon and Clogger).

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Elk

1. (Canadian football) A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).

Etymology 4

Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Elk.

Proper noun

Elk (plural Elks)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Elk is the 39659^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 554 individuals. Elk is most common among White (68.23%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (25.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521.

Anagrams

• Kel, Lek, lek

East Central German

Proper noun

Elk f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the female given name Adelheid

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 38: