Definitions for murrain
ˈmɜr ɪnmur·rain

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. murrainnoun

   any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. murrainnoun

   Plague, infectious disease, pestilence.

2. murrainnoun

   Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle such as anthrax.

3. Etymology: From mourine, moreyn, morine, ultimately from a form of mori.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murrainnoun

   The plague in cattle.

   Etymology: The etymology of this word is not clear; mur is an old world for a catarrh, which might well answer to the glanders; muriana, low Latin. Stephen Skinner derives it from mori, to die.

   Away ragg’d rams, care I what murrain kill. Philip Sidney.

   Some trials would be made of mixtures of water in ponds for cattle, to make them more milch, to fatten, or to keep them from murrain. Francis Bacon.

   A hallowed band
   Cou’d tell what murrains, in what months begun. Samuel Garth.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. murrain

   Murrain is an antiquated term for various infectious diseases affecting cattle or other domestic animals. It often refers to extremely fatal epidemics. The term originates from old English and French words for death or mortality.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murrainnoun

   an infectious and fatal disease among cattle

2. Murrainadjective

   having, or afflicted with, murrain

3. Etymology: [OE. moreine, OF. morine, fr. OF. morir, murir, 8die, L. mori, moriri.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murrain

   Murrain is an antiquated term for various infectious diseases affecting cattle and sheep. It literally means "death" and was used in medieval times to represent just that. The population of that era had no way of identifying specific diseases in their livestock so they simply put all illnesses under one heading. Murrain does not refer to any specific disease but was an umbrella term for a number of different diseases, including rinderpest, erysipelas, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, and streptococcus infections. Some of the diseases could also affect humans. The term murrain was also used generally to refer to an epidemic of such a disease. There were major sheep and cattle murrains in Europe during the 14th century, which combined with the Little Ice Age resulted in widespread famine during the Great Famine of 1315-1317, weakening the population of Europe before the onset of the Black Death in 1348. The term murrain is also used in some Bible translations relating to the fifth plague brought upon Egypt. Exodus 9:3: "Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murrain

   mur′rān, or -′rin, n. an infectious and fatal disease among cattle, esp. foot-and-mouth disease.—n. Mur′ren (Milt.). [O. Fr. morine, a carcass—L. mori, to die. See Mortal.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MURRAIN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Murrain is ranked #77522 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Murrain surname appeared 247 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Murrain.
   
   46.9% or 116 total occurrences were Black.
   36.4% or 90 total occurrences were White.
   12.9% or 32 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.6% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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1. • Animal Disease

Anagrams for murrain »

1. murrina

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of murrain in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of murrain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=murrain
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Murrain
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=murrain
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murrain
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=murrain
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=murrain
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html