What does NOR mean?
Definitions for NOR
nɔr; unstressed nərnor
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Wiktionary
NORnoun
A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.
Etymology: nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Norconjunct.
Etymology: no or.
I neither love, nor fear thee. William Shakespeare.
Neither love will twine, nor hay. Andrew Marvell.
Mine eyes,
Which I have darted at thee, hurt thee not;
Nor, I am sure there is no force in eyes
That can do hurt. William Shakespeare, As you like it.Pow’r, disgrace, nor death could ought divert
Thy glorious tongue thus to reveal thy heart. Daniel.Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there;
A new Achilles shall in arms appear. Dryden.Idle nymph, I pray thee, be
Modest, and not follow me,
I nor love myself, nor thee. Ben Jonson.Nor did they not perceive their evil plight,
Or the fierce pains not feel John Milton.But how perplext, alas! is human fate?
I whom nor avarice, nor pleasures move;
Yet must myself be made a slave to love. William Walsh.
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Nór
Nór (Old Norse Nórr) is according to the Orkneyinga Saga the eponymous founder of Norway.
Webster Dictionary
Nor
a negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor
Etymology: [OE. nor, contr. from nother. See Neither.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nor
nor, conj. and not, a particle introducing the second part of a negative proposition—correlative to neither. [Contr. of nother=neither.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
NOR
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nor is ranked #53538 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Nor surname appeared 386 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Nor.
48.7% or 188 total occurrences were Black.
29.2% or 113 total occurrences were White.
14.2% or 55 total occurrences were Asian.
5.1% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'NOR' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #768
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'NOR' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2277
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of NOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of NOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of NOR in a Sentence
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.
Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.
Trump gave power to make decisions at the VA - affecting every US veteran - to three men who are neither government officials nor vets. Their only qualification : membership at Mar-A-Lago, for which they pay Trump.
With a king it is the same as with fire - stay neither close by, nor too far away.
With knowledge, say, what other wealth Can vie, which neither thieves by stealth Can take, nor kinsmen make their prey, Which, lavished, never wastes away.
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