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fyr

Pronunciation: /fyːˀr/

“fyr” is a Danish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. guy (a younger male person)
  2. boyfriend (a male lover)
  3. lighthouse, radio beacon (a tower that guides ships)
  4. boiler (a device to produce heat from gas or oil)
  5. fire, light (in something)
  6. pine (a tree of the genus Pinus)
  7. pinewood, deal (wood from a pine)

Etymology

Possibly a contraction of Middle Low German fīrburs (“unemployed craftsman”).

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