culver

Meanings

1. A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.

1. A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A town in Marshall County, Indiana.
4. A minor city in Ottawa County, Kansas.
5. An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
6. An unincorporated community and township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
7. An extinct town in Bates County, Missouri.
8. A minor city in Jefferson County, Oregon.

Etymology

From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).