seg.
A man; warrior; hero.
Meaning & usage
A man; warrior; hero.
A man; fellow.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).
A castrated farm animal.
Where this word comes from
Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).
Segregation.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of segregation.
Designated for people of color
Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of segregation.
A shoe protector (metal stud or plate affixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear).
A callus, an area of hardened skin.
Where this word comes from
Genericized trademark of Blakey's Segs, a British brand of shoe protector. Formed as an apocopic form of (steel) segment.
Sedge.
Gladen, or other species of Iris.
Where this word comes from
See sedge.
Clipping of segment.
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