A gore, jr

[gawr, gohr] /gɔr, goʊr/
noun
albert arnold, jr (“al”) born 1948, u.s. politician: vice president of the u.s. 1993–2001.
gore1
/ɡɔː/
noun
blood shed from a wound, esp when coagulated
(informal) killing, fighting, etc
word origin
old english gor dirt; related to old norse gor half-digested food, middle low german göre, dutch goor
gore2
/ɡɔː/
verb
(transitive) (of an animal, such as a bull) to pierce or stab (a person or another animal) with a horn or tusk
word origin
c16: probably from old english gār spear
gore3
/ɡɔː/
noun
a tapering or triangular piece of material used in making a shaped skirt, umbrella, etc
a similarly shaped piece, esp of land
verb
(transitive) to make into or with a gore or gores
derived forms
gored, adjective
word origin
old english gāra; related to old norse geiri gore, old high german gēro
gore
/ɡɔː/
noun
al(bert) jr. born 1948, us democrat politician; vice president of the us (1993–2001); defeated in the disputed presidential election of 2000; leading environmental campaigner; shared the 2007 n-bel peace prize with the intergovernmental panel for climate change
gore
n.

old english gor “dirt, dung, filth, sh-t,” a germanic word (cf. middle dutch goor “filth, mud;” old norse gor “cud;” old high german gor “animal dung”), of uncertain origin. sense of “clotted blood” (especially shed in battle) developed by 1560s.

“triangular piece of ground,” old english gara, related to gar “spear” (see gar), on the notion of “triangularity.” hence also meanings “front of a skirt” (mid-13c.), and “triangular piece of cloth” (early 14c.).
v.

c.1400, from scottish gorren “to pierce, stab,” origin unknown, perhaps related to old english gar “spear” (see gar, also gore (n.2) “triangular piece of ground”). related: gored; goring.