robin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.

   As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.

2. 2
   name

   A unisex given name.

   They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of England

3. 3
   noun

   large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen

4. 4
   noun

   small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

5. 5
   noun

   A trimming in front of a dress.

6. 6
   noun

   A toxalbumin obtained from the locust tree.

7. 7
   name

   A surname originating as a patronymic.

8. 8
   noun

   Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

Etymology

Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”). ] ]