Elk
See also: elk, -elk, and Ełk
English
Noun
Elk (plural Elks)
- A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.
Derived terms
- Elkdom
Noun
Elk (plural Elks)
- (informal) An Acorn Electron computer.
- 1999, "Lionel Smith", Reading old DOS discs on a BBC (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.misc)
- Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron. Never did get it working fully on the Elk, I think my Elk with Mode 7 box caused a problem with the use of IRQ workspace, system speed was also a factor IIRC.
- 2003, "Gareth Williams", What is Electron Elite V2? (on Internet newsgroup alt.fan.elite)
- I'm pretty certain I remember seeing it on a price list when most BBC and Elk games had to be mail ordered (I think Impact was the mail order company - they also produced games like Zenon and Clogger).
- 1999, "Lionel Smith", Reading old DOS discs on a BBC (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.misc)
Proper noun
Elk
- (Canadian football) A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).
Etymology 4
Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Elk.
Proper noun
Elk (plural Elks)
- A surname from Dutch.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Elk is the 39659th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 554 individuals. Elk is most common among White (68.23%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (25.27%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521.
Anagrams
- Kel, Lek, lek
East Central German
Proper noun
Elk f
- (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the female given name Adelheid
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 38: