English Explanatory Dictionary

greven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cracklings from rendered chicken fat.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹivən/ /ɡɹeɪvən/

Word forms

greven Grevens

Etymology

From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven.

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