knarr · name — A surname.
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knarr is pronounced /nɔːɹ/.
Etymology
From the German surname used as a nickname for a hunchback, from knorr (“lump”), which is cognate with knar (“lump, tree knot”).
noun
- A kind of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings.e.g.“Mogens and Morten followed him on the two knarrs, but behind them to the north two other ships could be sighted.” — 2003, James Richard Larson, The Eye of Odin, page 341:
- A type of modern long-keeled sailing boat.e.g.“This summer, one of these Knarrs is being delivered to Johannes Westergaard of New York, and another to Gerhard Lorenz of the Grosse Isle Yacht Club, Michigan.” — 1954 June, Motor Boating, page 100:
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