Definitions for unicorn

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unicorn u·ni·corn

Spelling: [yoo-ni-kawrn]

IPA: /ˈyu nɪˌkɔrn/

Unicorn is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in unicorn (cinnoru).

Definitions for unicorn

noun

1. a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
2. a 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. (initial capital letter) Genetics. the constellation Monoceros.
4. an animal mentioned in the Bible, Deut. 33:17: now believed by some to be a description of a wild ox or rhinoceros.
5. a former gold coin of Scotland, first issued by James III in 1486, having an obverse bearing the figure of a unicorn.
6. Finance. a relatively new company, usually less than ten years old, that is valued at $1 billion or more by public or private investors.

Origin of unicorn

1175-1225; Middle English unicorne (Old French) Latin ūnicornis one-horned, equivalent to uni- uni- + corn(ū) horn + -is adj. suffix

Examples for unicorn

I will leave this house, I will seek out the worthy captain of the unicorn.

Perhaps the name “unicorn” tells you how common it is for women to swing with couples.

The victory in 1950 over England is precious, but in the way a unicorn might be: to be regarded wide-eyed, and scarcely believed.

Have you ever been to the Musee Cluny to see the Lady with the unicorn tapestries?

She drove in her unicorn to Oakly-park to pay Miss Portman a visit.

Dan worked hard and made a good picture: mountains, timber, blue sky…and in the foreground a blond girl and a unicorn.

She, her unicorn, and her blockhead, were out of sight in a few minutes.

This vessel lay to and sent a boat to the unicorn for news from Europe.

I was at the beach in Los Angeles this summer when I saw a unicorn.

A canopied seat of Justice is surmounted by the lion and unicorn.