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Definition: Griffin |
GriffinNoun1. Winged monster with an eagle-like head and body of a lion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Griffin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lord", "a prince". |
Date "griffin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
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Literature | Griffin A cadet newly arrived in India, half English and half Indian. Griffins, the residue of a contract feast, taken away by the contractor, half the buyer's and half the seller's. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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The griffin (also spelled gryphon, griffon or gryphin) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle and the ears of a horse or a donkey.It is generally represented with four legs, wings and a beak, with eagle-like talons in place of a lion's forelegs and equine ears jutting from its skull. Some writers describe the tail as a serpent. It was said to build a nest, like an eagle. Instead of eggs, it lays agates.
The animal was supposed to watch over gold mines and hidden treasures, and to be the enemy of the horse. It was consecrated to the Sun; and ancient painters represented the chariot of the Sun as drawn by griffins. The griffin was said to inhabit Scythia (central to western Asia), where gold and precious stones were abundant; and when strangers approached to gather the stones, the creatures would leap on them and tear them to pieces. The locals used giant petrified bones found in this area as proof of the existence of griffins and to keep outsiders away from the gold and precious stones. These "bones" were actually dinosaur fossils which are common in this part of the world.
The griffin is often seen as a charge in heraldry; and in architectural decoration is usually represented as a four-footed beast with wings and the head of a leopard or tiger with horns, or with the head and beak of an eagle. The City of London marks its borough boundaries with griffins carrying their coat of arms. The griffin is the symbol of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and you can see bronze castings of them perched on each corner of museum's roof, protecting its collection.
Some large species of Old World vultures are called gryphons, including the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), as are some breeds of dog.
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Griffin is a city located in Spalding County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 23,451. The city is the county seat of Spalding County6.Geography
Griffin is located at 33°14'51" North, 84°16'15" West (33.247602, -84.270891)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.8 km² (14.6 mi²). 37.6 km² (14.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.55% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 23,451 people, 8,876 households, and 5,955 families residing in the city. The population density is 623.6/km² (1,615.0/mi²). There are 9,636 housing units at an average density of 256.2/km² (663.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 46.98% White, 49.88% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.98% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. 2.22% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 8,876 households out of which 33.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% are married couples living together, 24.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% are non-families. 27.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.60 and the average family size is 3.17. In the city the population is spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $30,088, and the median income for a family is $33,963. Males have a median income of $30,488 versus $21,352 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,563. 21.4% of the population and 17.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 28.4% are under the age of 18 and 16.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Griffin, Georgia."
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Griffin is a town located in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 160.Geography
Griffin is located at 38°12'16" North, 87°54'54" West (38.204406, -87.915033)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²). 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 160 people, 73 households, and 42 families residing in the town. The population density is 882.5/km² (2,363.3/mi²). There are 81 housing units at an average density of 446.8/km² (1,196.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.38% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 73 households out of which 17.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% are married couples living together, 5.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 41.1% are non-families. 34.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 26.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.19 and the average family size is 2.84. In the town the population is spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 18.8% from 25 to 44, 33.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 47 years. For every 100 females there are 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $26,786, and the median income for a family is $42,083. Males have a median income of $28,125 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,074. 17.9% of the population and 7.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 40.7% are under the age of 18 and 22.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Griffin, Indiana."
Synonym: GriffinSynonym: gryphon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unconformity | Phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur; griffin, griffon; centaur; saggittary; kraken, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman, merfolk; unicorn; Cyclops, "men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"; teratology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Griffin |
| English words defined with "griffin": Dead Sea Apple ♦ Gryfon, Grype ♦ Hippogriff ♦ obtuse ♦ purblind. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "griffin": Griffon, Griffen ♦ HIPPOGRIFF. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "griffin": Gryphaea. (references) |
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Screenplays | Griffin, you move in mysterious ways, but I like it (The Player; writing credit: Michael Tolkin) His last alias was David Allen Griffin. I worked the case for three and a half years in Los Angeles (The Watcher; writing credit: Darcy Meyers; David Elliot) You know my great-great-grandfather Angus Griffin invented the game (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) | |
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 | Under the Adopt-a-school Program, student Alijha Griffin (left) helps ARS technician Steven Lyle test a milk beverage developed at the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utlization Research. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Bruce Fritz.. |  | Chemist Harold Griffin extracts an enzyme from a bacterium found in shipworms that is a powerful new stain remover for laundry detergents. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | Rogue River - Near Griffin Park, Hellgate Recreation Area. Drift boat fishing for Chinook salmon. Credit: Becky Brown. |  | Richard Griffin photographed by Ernest Edwards. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | A Chief Torpedoman paints another "hashmark" on the Torpedo Shop scoreboard of Japanese ships claimed sunk by SubRon 5's "S-Boats", operating out of Brisbane, Australia, during April-November 1942. Photographed on board USS Griffin (AS-13), tender to the squadron. Submarines listed on the scoreboard include S-37 (SS-142), S-38 (SS-143), S-39 (SS-144), S-40 (SS-145), S-41 (SS-146), S-42 (SS-153), S-43 (SS-154), S-44 (SS-155), S-45 (SS-156), S-46 (SS-157), and S-47 (SS-158). The original caption dates the photo on 7 January 1943, but it may have been taken earlier, as Griffin left Australia in November 1942. Credit: NAVY. |  | Mike Griffin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Griffin. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of Capt. Charles Griffin, officer of the Federal Army, (Brig. Gen. from June 9, 1862). Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Griffin Hall, Williams College, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | French] Sailing vessel Griffin after [engraving. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Griffin was plucked |
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Health | Levine WC, Griffin PM, Gulf Coast Vibrio Working Group. (references) | |
Bryant DA, Mintz ED, Puhr N, Griffin P, Petras R. Colonic epithelial lymphocytosis associated with an epidemic of chronic diarrhea. (references) | ||
Mintz, ED, Mishu B, Guris D, Griffin PM. Prevalence of brainerd type chronic diarrhea among patients of AGA and ACG members (abstract). (references) | ||
Economic History | Australia | The first federal Parliament was opened at Melbourne in May 1901 by the Duke of York (later King George V). In May 1927, the seat of government was transferred to Canberra, a planned city designed by an American, Walter Burley Griffin. (references) |
Costa Rica | There are a few local companies that formulate and produce agro-chemicals (pesticides, herbicides and fungicides) for well-known companies established in Costa Rica, such as Cyanamid, Dow Chemical, ELF, Rohm & Haas, Rhone Poulenc, BASF, Griffin and others. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises. |
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| "Griffin" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.70% of the time. "Griffin" is used about 153 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.7% | 125 | 28,650 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.3% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Total | 100.00% | 153 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "griffin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Griffin | Last name | 84,000 | 98 |
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| "Griffin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a lord", "a prince". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Griffin." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Griffin | Male | English | Gruffydd |
| Griffin | Male | Welsh | Gruffydd |
| Griffith | Male | Welsh | Gruffydd |
| Gruffud | Male | Welsh | Gruffydd |
| Gruffudd | Male | Welsh | Gruffydd |
| Gruffydd | Male | Welsh | N/A |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. |
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1. Griffin, GA (city, FIPS 35324) 2. Griffin, IN (town, FIPS 30024) |
Expressions using "griffin": bearded griffin ♦ East Griffin ♦ griffin vulture. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "griffin": griffin-head, griffin-heads. | |
Ending with "griffin": Landrum-griffin, Treseder-griffin. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
griffin | 643 | bounty cheat griffin hunter mace | 46 |
barbie griffin | 530 | web griffin | 46 |
mace griffin | 304 | merv griffin | 46 |
patty griffin | 179 | griffin industry | 42 |
griffin drew | 162 | griffin john howard | 38 |
griffin ga | 153 | griffin ford | 33 |
kathy griffin | 147 | cheat griffin mace | 33 |
mace griffin bounty hunter | 147 | griffin killing mr | 32 |
eddie griffin | 120 | barbie griffin nude | 32 |
anna griffin | 114 | andy griffin | 31 |
griffin radiator | 96 | griffin mace review | 31 |
griffin daily news | 87 | david griffin | 30 |
griffin hospital | 79 | john griffin | 28 |
griffin technology | 77 | barbie griffin pic | 27 |
griffin w.e.b | 72 | andy griffin show | 26 |
griffin technical college | 70 | rick griffin | 26 |
griffin georgia | 70 | brussels griffin | 25 |
griffin tech | 68 | griffin stewie | 25 |
amanda griffin | 60 | griffin patti | 25 |
griffin picture | 53 | peter griffin | 24 |
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| Language | Translations for "griffin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | grifon, rrojtar. (various references) | |
Arabic | الغرفين حيوان خرافي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | грифон (griffon), гриф (fingerboard, griffon, grip), новодошъл европеец, белоглав лешояд (griffon). (various references) | |
French | griffon (griffon). (various references) | |
German | greif (griffon, gryphon). (various references) | |
Greek | γρύπασ (griffon), γρύπας (grffin), γρυπαετόσ (griffon), τέρασ μυθολογικό λιοντάρι-αετόσ (griffon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | griffmadár. (various references) | |
Italian | grifone (griffon, gryphon). (various references) | |
Manx | greeu. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iffingray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | indivduo inexperiente (greener, greenhorn). (various references) | |
Romanian | grifon (griffon, gryphon), zgripţor (brute, skinflint), pajurã (arms, eagle, griffon, gryphon, royal eagle), informaţie (communication, datum, dope, intelligence, knowledge, learning, piece of information, reference), balaur (dragon, griffon, hydra). (various references) | |
Russian | грифон (griffon), гриф (fingerboard, finger-board, vulture), европеец (european). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | grifon, pratilja (chaperon, runner up). (various references) | |
Spanish | grifo (curly, drunk, faucet, pot, snobbish, tap). (various references) | |
Swedish | sagodjur (griffon, gryphon), grip (griffon). (various references) | |
Turkish | kartal başlı aslan gövdeli ejderha (gryphon), kızıl akbaba (griffin vulture, griffon, griffon vulture), hindistan'a yeni gelmiş avrupalı, haber (announcement, communication, datum, Gen, Griff, info, information, item, knowledge, message, news, report, tidings, word), bilgi (acquaintance, cognizance, conveyance, data, dope, Gen, gleanings, Griff, info, information, inside dope, instructions, intelligence, know how, knowledge, learning, line, lore, notice, report, savvy, word). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | грифон, гриф (fingerboard, griffon). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | grypem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "griffin": griffins. (additional references) | |
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"Griffin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arffin, Ariffin, Arifin, Breffni, Draffan, gariffin, Giffin, Grafen, graffon, greffe, gridful, Griefen, griffen, griffi, Griffis, Griffo, griiffin, gryfin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "griffin" (pronounced gri"fi'n) |
| 4 | -i" f i' n | tiffin. |
| 3 | -f i' n | coffin, dauphin, elfin, Olefin, puffin, Threadfin. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: riffing. | |
| Words within the letters "f-f-g-i-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: fifing, firing. | |
-2 letters: griff, iring. | |
-3 letters: firn, frig, girn, grin, riff, ring. | |
-4 letters: fig, fin, fir, gin, iff, rif, rig, rin. | |
-5 letters: if, in. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-f-g-i-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: griffins, riffling. | |
+2 letters: affirming, differing, niffering, tariffing. | |
+3 letters: coiffuring, forfeiting, fortifying, officering, reaffixing. | |
+4 letters: affrighting, diffracting, firefanging, forklifting, formfitting, fructifying, offprinting, paraffining, reaffirming, trafficking. | |
+5 letters: differencing, disaffirming, firefighting, fireproofing, frenchifying, refortifying. | |
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