merle

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see also: Merle

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /mɜːl/
• (America) IPA: /mɝl/

Noun

merle (plural merles)

1. The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
2. Any blackbird.

Noun

merle (uncountable)

1. A type of mottled colouration on dogs.

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Merle

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Proper noun

1. Surname of French - origin.
2. A male given name.
   • 1968 Al Aronowitz, New Country Twang Hits Town, Life Magazine, May 3, 1968, page 12:

     Merle Haggard is a name out of a morality play. And that's the kind of songs he sings.

Proper noun

1. A female given name.
   • 1887 Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant, Jacob's Wife, page 92:

     Her name was Merle, and to her name she always said she owed the fact that Gilbert Vanborough ever looked at her.

   • 1976 From These Hills, From These Valleys: Pennsylvania Writers' Collection, University of Pittsburgh Press, ISBN 082291123X, page 186:

     "I wish I had a name like Merle Oberon or Miriam Hopkins," Mary Agnes said dreamily as she scanned the display of Coming Attractions.

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