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Comʹrade (2 syl.)

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The name of Fortuʹnio’s fairy horse. It ate but once a week; knew the past, present, and future; and spake with the voice of a man. (Grimm’s Goblins: Fortunio.) (See Horse.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Commons in Gross
Commonwealths (Ideal)
Companion Ladder
Companions of Jehu
Comparisons are Odorous
Complementary Colours
Complexion
Compline
Compostella
Compte rendu
Comrade
Comrades
Comus
Comus’s Court
Con Amore (Italian)
Con Commodo (Italian)
Con Spirito (Italian)
Conan
Concert Pitch
Concerto (Italian)
Concierge