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Harbor

Any place of shelter.

Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːbə/, /ˈhɑɹbɚ/

What “Harbor” means

Noun

Any place of shelter.
A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
A mixing box for materials.
A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
Shelter, refuge.

Verb

To provide a harbor or safe place for.
To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army shelter, refuge”), from *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + beorg (“defense, protection, refuge”). The final syllable was subsequently altered by analogy with the Anglo‐Norman and Old French suffix -or (as seen in loanwords like honour and labour). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.

From Middle English herberwen, herbere (later harboure), from Old English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”), from the noun (see above).

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