Borg.
A surname
Meaning & usage
A surname
Where this word comes from
* As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from various places derived from Old Norse borg (“stronghold”). * As a north/Low German surname, this is the Low German form of the surname Burg. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish בורג (burg, “credit”), from Middle High German borgen (“to lend, borrow”), from Old High German borgēn. * As a Maltese surname, from the noun borġ (“tower, stronghold”), distantly related to the first two senses above.
One who proselytises or assimilates.
Where this word comes from
From the Star Trek franchise, in which the Borg are a cyborg race intent on converting all other life into their own kind; apparently a clipping of cyborg, from cybernetic + organism.
To assimilate rivals, via corporate acquisition or religious proselytisation.
To turn into a cyborg, to implant machinery into people with the intent of controlling or assimilating them.
Where this word comes from
From the Star Trek franchise, in which the Borg are a cyborg race intent on converting all other life into their own kind; apparently a clipping of cyborg, from cybernetic + organism.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.