English

Proper noun

Kemp

1. A surname​.
2. A town in Oklahoma.
3. A city in Texas.

English

Noun

kemp ‎(plural kemps)

1. (obsolete) Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English kempe, campe ‎(“shaggy, rough”).

Adjective

kemp ‎(comparative more kemp, superlative most kemp)

1. (obsolete) Shaggy; rough.

Etymology 3

From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan ‎(“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-Germanic *kampijaną ‎(“to campaign, do battle”). Cognate with Scots kemp, Middle Dutch kempen, Middle Low German kempen, German kämpfen ‎(“to struggle”).

Verb

kemp ‎(third-person singular simple present kemps, present participle kemping, simple past and past participle kemped)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.

Derived terms

• kemper

Etymology 4

From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa ‎(“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-Germanic *kampijô ‎(“fighter”). Cognate with Middle Dutch kempe, German Kämpe, Swedish kämpe.

Noun

kemp ‎(plural kemps)

1. (obsolete) A champion; a knight.

Kriol

Etymology

From English camp.

Noun

kemp

1. camp, home (the place where one lives)