ho Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
    holmium; atomic number 67.

WordNet

Ho pronoun
Definitions
  1. Who. Obs. In some Chaucer MSS.
Ho, Hoa noun (Also<
  • Ho
  • Hoa
)
Etymology
See Ho, interj., 2.
Definitions
  1. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
    There is no ho with them. Decker.
Ho, Hoa interjection (Also<
  • Ho
  • Hoa
)
Etymology
Cf. F. & G. ho.
Definitions
  1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho?" Shak.
    "Ho! who's within?" Shak.
  2. Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa. Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.
    The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer.
    An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.

Webster 1913