noun

mort

mawt

noun

Death, especially of an animal killed during a hunt; also the horn call sounded to mark that moment.

"The huntsman blew the mort as the stag went down."

"Old hunting manuals describe several different horn calls, one of which announces the mort."

A large quantity or number of something (dialect/informal).

"There was a mort of trouble getting the tractor started."

"She has a mort of cousins scattered across the county."

How to Use Mort

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn old-fashioned word for death (especially in hunting) or, in dialect use, a large amount of something.

Memory tip

You will mostly meet this word in historical fiction, hunting terminology, or regional British dialect — it is not everyday modern English.

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Common pairings

a mort of trouble sound the mort blow the mort

morts plural, morts plural, morts plural, morts plural, morts plural, Morts plural

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From Old French mort, "death," ultimately from Latin mors/mortis — the same root behind "mortal" and "mortuary."

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