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Starbucks Moderate

Starbucks has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

A coffee from Starbucks.

"I ordered a large starbucks to start my morning."

Proper Noun
1

A widespread chain of coffee shops.

"The local Starbucks was packed with people waiting in line to order their morning lattes."

See Also
coffee coffee shop
Related Terms

Origin

The coffee chain is named after Starbuck, a fictional captain in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, who was himself inspired by a real whaling family from Nantucket. That surname originally comes from the English village of Starbeck in North Yorkshire.

Rhyming Words
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