martin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
martin/ˈmɑːtɪn/
▶noun used in names of small short-tailed swallows, e.g. house martin.
– origin ME: prob. a shortening of obs. martinet, from Fr., prob. from the name of St Martin of Tours.
'martin' also found in these Oxford entries:
chapel
- chaplain
- gamp
- gossamer
- house martin
- Lutheran
- Lutheran Church
- Martinmas
- martlet
- OK
- Pecksniffian
- sand martin
- way

