Etymology: < the name of St Martin of Tours (c316–397), Pannonian-born Gallo-Roman monk and bishop, the object of an extensive medieval and early modern cultus < post-classical Latin Martinus ( > French Martin ), perhaps < classical Latin Mārtius of Mars, Roman (see March n.²) + -īnus -ine suffix⁴. Compare also martin n.⁴, St Martin n.

Etymology: < the personal name Martin (see Martin n.¹), as the name of the ape or monkey in the widespread medieval narrative Reynard the Fox; compare Middle Dutch Mertijn de aep.

Etymology: Probably back-formation < martinet n.¹, after the personal name Martin (see Martin n.¹). Compare Middle French, French martin in the names of birds, e.g. martin-pêcheur kingfisher (1573; earlier martinet-pêcheur (1553)), martin grackle (a1767), martin-chasseur forest kingfisher (18th cent.), probably of similar origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps with ironic allusion to the generosity of St Martin of Tours (see Martin n.¹), whose division of his cloak with a beggar at Amiens was a common iconographical and legendary subject, or perhaps an extended sense of martin n.³ (compare woodcock n. 2, gull n.³).

Etymology: Probably back-formation < freemartin n., after the personal name Martin (see Martin n.¹).Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. in widespread English regional use; not recorded in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng., although compare quot. 1903.

Etymology: Perhaps < the surname of one or more inventors or makers, or in sense 2 perhaps back-formation < martingale n.Quot. 1760 at sense 1 may be an appositive use of Martin , the name of a famous firm of French lacquer-makers, much of whose best work was on coaches: see vernis martin n. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mā·ɹtin) /ˈmɑːtɪn/.

Etymology: < French martin (1873), of uncertain origin: perhaps an arbitrary figurative use of the personal name Martin Martin n.¹ N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mā·ɹtin) /ˈmɑːtɪn/.