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Definition of latrine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

latrine

noun
 
/ləˈtriːn/
 
/ləˈtriːn/
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  1. a toilet in a camp, etc., especially one made by digging a hole in the ground
    • We put up the tents and dug a latrine pit.
    Word OriginMiddle English (rare before the mid 19th cent.): via French from Latin latrina, contraction of lavatrina, from lavare ‘to wash’.
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