English

gorer

From gore + -er.

Formed from gore + -er

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘hot’

Proto-Germanic *gurą ‘half-digested stomach contents’

Proto-West Germanic *gor

Old English gor ‘manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt’

Middle English gore ‘mud, muck’

English gore

Today it means

noun Someone or something that gores (typically an animal that gores other creatures).

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