# Quorn

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kwɔːn/ · frequency rank #71,826

## Definitions
1. A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.
2. A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616).
3. A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia.
4. A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat.

## Etymology
Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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