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Warren.

1 City (1990 pop. 144,864), Macomb co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; est. 1837, inc. as a city 1957. It is an important metalworking center where steel is processed. Tools, dies, and automobile engines, bodies, and parts are made, although the auto industry has suffered since the late 1970s. Warren's vast Detroit Arsenal, which made military vehicles, closed in 1996. The large General Motors Technical Center is there.

2 City (1990 pop. 50,793), seat of Trumbull co., NE Ohio, in the fertile Mahoning valley; settled 1799, inc. as a city 1905. An early coal center, Warren's industries have greatly diversified. Steel, metal-forming machinery, electrical equipment, and automobile and truck parts are the principal manufactures. The Trumbull Branch of Kent State Univ. is in the city.

3 Borough (1990 pop. 11,122), seat of Warren co., NE Pa., on the Allegheny River; laid out c.1795, inc. 1832. An early lumbering center, Warren is in wooded country near oil and natural gas reserves. Oil is refined, and electrical equipment and metal products are made. The headquarters of Allegheny National Forest are there. Nearby are Edinboro State College and a Native American reservation.

4 Town (1990 pop. 11,385), Bristol co., E R.I., a suburb of Providence on the Kickemuit River and Narragansett Bay; inc. 1747. An early whaling and shipbuilding center, boats are still built there in addition to the town's light manufacturing. Warren was transferred from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 1746. Brown Univ. was first chartered there (1764) as Rhode Island College. During the American Revolution, Warren was burned (1778) by the British.

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Warren

Town (pop., 2000: 11,360), eastern Rhode Island, U.S. Located near Providence, it was settled in 1632 and was originally part of Massachusetts. In 1747 Rhode Island annexed it. It was pillaged and burned by the British during the American Revolution. It is now a summer resort.

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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

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Warren¹

Earl. 1891--1974, US lawyer; chief justice of the US (1953-- 69). He chaired the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy

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Warren²

a city in the US, in SE Michigan, northeast of Detroit. Pop.: 136 016 (2003 est.)