Sekirov Dictionary

Columbus

/kəˈlʌmbəs/

verb 2
noun 2
forms 3

verb2

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(slang, old-fashioned) To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer.
- "But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go Columbusing all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!" — 1893
•
(slang, disapproving) To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else.
- He then lists other things that have been Columbused, such as twerking by Miley Cyrus and hummus by “health conscious whities.” — 2015

noun2

The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County.
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A person who makes a great discovery.
- It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world. — 1912

forms

Columbused · Columbusing · Columbuses

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