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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead.

See -UNI-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic
of chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight,
and spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of
a unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::


unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original
Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead.

See -UNI-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and
spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::


unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn
'unicorn' also found in these entries:
Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead.

See -UNI-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and
spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225
Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::
unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead.

See -UNI-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and
spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::


unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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/junkn/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead.

See -UNI-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and
spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::


unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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/junkn/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead.

See -UNI-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and
spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::


unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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/junkn/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center o

See -UNI-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017
unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of i
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's ta
spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a de
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an o
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective,
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::


unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in t
Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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/junkn/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]
1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center o

See -UNI-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017
unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of i
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's ta
spirally twisted horn.

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a de

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an o
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective,
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::

unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in t

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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unicorn
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/junkn/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead.

See -UNI-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and spirally twisted hor

3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective, adjectival suffix
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::


unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in the Authorized Version of the original Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
Visit the English Only Forum.Help WordReference: Ask in the forums yourself.

Look up "unicorn" at Merriam-Webster


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unicorn
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LISTEN: UK-RP

/junkn/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English 2017


unicorn /yunkrn/ n. [countable]

1. Mythologyan imaginary creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center o

See -UNI-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English 2017
unicorn (yooni krn), n.

1. Mythologya mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of i
chastity or purity.

2. Heraldrya heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's ta
spirally twisted horn.
3. Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Monoceros.

4. Biblean animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a de
rhinoceros.

5. Currencya former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an o
unicorn.

Latin nicornis one-horned, equivalent. to uni- UNI- + corn() HORN + -is adjective,
Old French)
Middle English unicorne ( 11751225

Collins Concise English Dictionary HarperCollins Publishers::

unicorn /junkn/N

1. an imaginary creature usually depicted as a white horse with one long spiralled horn growing from its forehead
2. a two-horned animal, thought to be either the rhinoceros or the aurochs (Deuteronomy 33:17): mistranslation in t
Hebrew

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French unicorne, from Latin nicornis one-horned, from nus one + cornu a horn

'unicorn' also found in these entries:


Monoceros - rhinoceros - unicorn plant

Forum discussions with the word(s) "unicorn" in the title:


A/an: European/Eunich/Unicorn
Always be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn, then always be a unicorn.
House of card: This guy is a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.
Instagram is a <unicorn>
make a baby unicorn cringe
Simon... is a unicorn. And I think you know that.
the one who farts butterflies and rides a unicorn
Unicorn & Gallagher's?
unicorn-head
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Look up "unicorn" at Merriam-Webster


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