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seg.

A man; warrior; hero.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɛɡ/
  1. A man; warrior; hero.

    archaic
  2. A man; fellow.

    UK · dialectal
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”).

noun/sɛɡ/
  1. A castrated farm animal.

    Scotland · UK · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).

noun/sɛɡ/
  1. Segregation.

    US · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of segregation.

adj/sɛɡ/
  1. Designated for people of color

    not-comparable
    Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.
Where this word comes from

Clipping of segregation.

noun/sɛɡ/
  1. A shoe protector (metal stud or plate affixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear).

    UK
  2. A callus, an area of hardened skin.

    dialectal
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.

noun/sɛɡ/
  1. Sedge.

  2. Gladen, or other species of Iris.

Where this word comes from

See sedge.

noun/sɛɡ/
  1. Clipping of segment.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
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