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Definition unicorn

Etymology

From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ?nicornis, from ?nus (“one”) + corn? (“horn”). Other senses from either rarity (e.g., possessing multiple skills) or by physical resemblance to having a horn (e.g., howitzer). The finance sense was coined by American investor Aileen Lee in 2013 and first used in an article in TechCrunch.

Noun

unicorn (plural unicorns)

1. A mythical beast resembling a horse or deer with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.
2. A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Great Britain and of Scotland.
3. (historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew ?????‎); a reem or wild ox.
4. Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax, especially the Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus.
5. A caterpillar, Schizura unicornis, with a large thorn-like spine on the back near its head.
6. The kamichi, or unicorn bird.
7. (military) A howitzer.
8. (sexual slang) A single, usually bisexual woman who participates in swinging and/or polyamory.
9. (finance) A startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO.
10. (business) A person with multidisciplinary expertise (due to rarity and value), especially three or more skills in a young field such as UX design or data science (e.g., domain knowledge, statistics, and software engineering).
11. (attributive) Brilliantly multicoloured.
12. (historical) A 15th-century Scottish gold coin worth 18 shillings, bearing the image of a unicorn.

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