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Quorn.

A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.

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Meaning & usage

name/kwɔːn/Received-Pronunciation/k(w)ɔɹn/General-American
  1. A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.

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  2. A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616).

  3. A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia.

  4. A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat.

Where this word comes from

Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire.

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