English Explanatory Dictionary

Starbucks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A widespread chain of coffee shops.
noun
  1. A coffee from Starbucks.
name
  1. plural of Starbuck (surname)

Pronunciation

/ˈstɑːˌbʌks/ /ˈstɑːɹˌbʌks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Starbucks.wav

Word forms

Starbucks Starbuckses

Etymology

From Starbuck (surname) + -s. The chain of coffee shops is named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. Melville named the character in honor of the Starbuck family, a prominent whaling family based in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The surname itself derives from the community of Starbeck in North Yorkshire, England.

Synonyms

Starbies

Related words

Tim Hortons

Derived words

'Bucks S'bucks Shitbucks Starbies Starbucksification
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