robin

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'Besides,' say they, 'the robin is the Irish nightingale.'

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  1. noun A North American songbird (Turdus migratorius) having a rust-red breast and gray and black upper plumage. Also called robin redbreast.
  2. noun A small Old World bird (Erithacus rubecula) having an orange breast and a brown back. Also called robin redbreast.
  3. noun Any of various birds resembling a robin.

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  1. Short for Robin Redbreast, from Middle English Robin, personal name, from Old French, diminutive of Robert.

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  1. Short for robin-redbreast, early modern English robyn redbrest, from Middle English *robin redbreast, robinet redbrest, in which the first element was orig. a quasi-proper name, Robin, from Old French Robin, Robin (a name also given to the sheep), a familiar diminutive of Robert, Robert (a name early known in England, as that of the oldest son of William I.), = Spanish Portuguese Italian Roberto, also Ruperto (later English Rupert), from Old High German Ruodpert, Middle High German G. Ruprecht, literally ‘fame-bright,’ illustrious in fame, from Old High German ruod (= Anglo-Saxon *hrōth- (in proper name Hrōthgar = German Rudiger, later ult. English Roger: see Roger) = Icelandic hrōthr, praise, fame, = Gothic (Moesogothic) *hrōth, in hrōtheigs, victorious, triumphant) + perht, peraht, Middle High German berht = English bright: see bright.
  2. apparently ult. due to the F. name Robin: see robin.
  3. Rob(inia) + -in.
 

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/ˈroʊbɪn/
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