masc. proper name, from French Colin, a diminutive of Col, itself a diminutive of Nicolas (see Nicholas). A common shepherd's name in pastoral verse.
Coleoptera
cole-slaw
colewort
colic
coliform
Colin
coliseum
colitis
collaborate
collaboration
collaborator
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