Definitions for redbreast

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redbreast red·breast

Spelling: [red-brest]

IPA: /ˈrɛdˌbrɛst/

Redbreast is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 453 anagrams from letters in redbreast (abdeerrst).

Definitions for redbreast

noun

1. the European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
2. the North American robin, Turdus migratorius.
3. any of various other birds, as a dowitcher or knot.
4. a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis auritus, of the eastern U.S.

Origin of redbreast

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at red¹, breast

Examples for redbreast

The next day he asked the redbreast if he knew the way to the golden chest.

The redbreast was not afraid of Johannes; it flew on to his arm.

I know of one in her nest hard by,' answered the redbreast, 'shall I go and call her?'

Neither the thistles nor the redbreast supply her with any answer.

But the Blue-Bird does not equal the redbreast as a songster.

Except the wintry notes of the redbreast, nature herself is mute.

Next came the redbreast, whose decks were soon as crowded as the Snaefell's had been.

The Robin, or redbreast (Fig. 248), is too familiar a friend to require description.

Imbrie asked with intolerable insolence: “Will you be my servant, redbreast?”

We were ferried on a steam-tug to the redbreast, and climbed aboard.