Usually means: Concise, traditional saying expressing wisdom.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. proverb: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. proverb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. proverb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. proverb: Collins English Dictionary
  5. proverb: Vocabulary.com
  6. Proverb, proverb: Wordnik
  7. proverb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. proverb: Wiktionary
  9. proverb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. proverb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. proverb: Dictionary.com
  12. proverb: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. proverb: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Proverb (Reich), Proverb (disambiguation), Proverb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Proverb: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. proverb: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. proverb: Rhymezone
  18. proverb: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. proverb: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. proverb: Free Dictionary
  21. proverb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. proverb: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. proverb: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
  2. PROVERB: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proverb: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proverb: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Proverb: Easton Bible

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. proverb: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See proverbing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.
noun:  (obsolete) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
noun:  (obsolete) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
noun:  (obsolete) A drama exemplifying a proverb.
verb:  To write or utter proverbs.
verb:  To name in, or as, a proverb.
verb:  To provide with a proverb.

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