warren
1. a series of interconnected underground tunnels in which rabbits live
2. a colony of rabbits
3. an overcrowded area or dwelling
4. a. Chiefly Brit an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part of a river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren)
b. English legal history a franchise permitting one to keep animals, birds, or fish in this way
Warren
1 Earl. 1891--1974, US lawyer; chief justice of the US (1953-- 69). He chaired the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy
Warren
2 a city in the US, in SE Michigan, northeast of Detroit. Pop.: 136 016 (2003 est.)
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Warren
a city in the northern USA, in the state of Michigan; a northern suburb of Detroit. Population, 175,000 (1975). Warren has enterprises of the machine-building and defense industries.
Warren
a city in the northeastern USA, in the state of Ohio; a northwestern suburb of Youngstown. Population, 60,000 (1975). Warren is a center for ferrous metallurgy and metalworking. Metallurgical, metalworking, and mining equipment is manufactured.
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