thorn > define
noun
- Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
- usage: "he's a thorn in my flesh"
- synonyms: irritant
- A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.
- A Germanic character of runic origin. .
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) To prick, as with a thorn.
- (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
- (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
- (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
- (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Thorn is a masculine given name