kor
see also: KOR
Noun

kor (plural kors)

  1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor#English|cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
    • 2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161 ↗,
      Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

KOR
Proper noun
  1. (historical) Initialism of The Komitet Obrony Robotników (Workers' Defence Committee), a Polish workers' committee which preceded the Solidarity movement.
    • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 191:
      Our young friends in the KOR invited us for a Christmas Eve feast in a cold but cheery apartment.



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