a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.
a pigeon descended from the wild rock dove, kept for racing, showing, and carrying messages, and common as a feral bird in towns.
a gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick.
an aircraft from one’s own side.
archaic spelling of pidgin
a person’s particular responsibility or business
a stocky bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, feeding on seeds or fruit. Doves are generally smaller and more delicate than pigeons, but many kinds have been given both names.
a person who advocates peaceful or conciliatory policies, especially in foreign affairs
(in Christian art and poetry) the Holy Spirit (as represented in John 1:32).
