Dord (other)
''Dord'' is a word accidentally created via an error in lexicography. Dord may also refer to: * Dord (instrument), a bronze horn native to Ireland * Dominique Dord (born 1959), a member of the National Assembly of France See also * Dordt (other) Dordt may refer to: * Dordt University, a college in Sioux Center, Iowa, United States * Dordrecht, a city and municipality in the western Netherlands ** FC Dordt, a football club from the city of Dordrecht ** Synod of Dordt, church council held ...

Dord
The word ''dord'' is a dictionary error in lexicography. It was accidentally created, as a ghost word, by the staff of G. and C. Merriam Company (now part of Merriam-Webster) in the '' New International Dictionary'', second edition (1934). That dictionary defined the term as a synonym for density used in physics and chemistry in the following way: dord (dôrd), ''n. Physics & Chem.'' Abbreviation for density. Philip Babcock Gove, an editor at Merriam-Webster who became editor-in-chief of ''Webster's Third New International Dictionary'', wrote a letter to the journal ''American Speech'', fifteen years after the error was caught, in which he explained how the "dord" error was introduced and corrected. On 31 July 1931, Austin M. Patterson, the dictionary's chemistry editor, sent in a slip reading "D or d, cont./density." This was intended to add "density" to the existing list of words that the letter "D" can abbreviate. The phrase "D or d" was misinterpreted as a single, word: '' ...
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Dord (instrument)
The dord is a bronze horn native to Ireland, with excavated examples dating back as far as 1000 BC, during the Bronze Age. A number of original dords are known to exist, with some replicas also being built in the late 20th century. Though the musical tradition of the dord has been lost, some modern performers like Rolf Harris and Alan Dargin believe that it was played in a manner similar to the didgeridoo (with circular breathing and shifts in timbre) and have applied that technique to modern fusion music. The Irish musician Simon O'Dwyer attempted to recreate a historically accurate dord in the late 20th century. A number of sources associate a mythical hunting horn, called the ''Dord Fiann'', with Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fianna of Irish mythology. See also *Carnyx, another type of Celtic trumpet which has been revived *Dowris Hoard The Dowris Hoard is the name of an important Bronze Age hoard of over 200 objects found in Dowris, County Offaly, Ireland. Items from the de ...
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Dominique Dord
Dominique Dord (born 1 September 1959 in Chambéry, Savoie) is a French politician of the French Republican Party who served as a member of the National Assembly of France between 1997 and 2017. He represented the Savoie department, He is also the mayor of Aix-les-Bains since 2001. In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Dort endorsed François Fillon as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.Ludovic Vigogne (April 20, 2016)Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires''L'Opinion ''L'Opinion'' is a daily francophone Moroccan newspaper. History and profile ''L'Opinion'' was established in 1965. The daily is the organ of the Istiqlal Party. It is the sister publication of the Arabic-language newspaper ''Al-Alam'' and i ...''. References 1959 births Living people Politicians from Chambéry Union for French Democracy politicians Republican Party (France) politicians Liberal Democracy (France) polit ...
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