"Unicorn" Definition

Definitions for the word "Unicorn" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The larva of a unicorn moth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A howitzer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Mythical horse with a single straight horn. [latin cornu horn]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
8. slang
a style of driving with two wheelers abreast and one leader—termed in the United States a “spike team.” “Tandem” is one wheeler and one leader. “Random,” three horses in line. “Manchester” means three horses abreast. _See_ HARUM-SCARUM.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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