cardinal
- Noun. (baseball) A player on the team "The St. Louis Cardinals".
- Noun. (American football) A player on the team "Arizona Cardinals".
- Noun. A sports team or a player on a sports team at Stanford University.
- Noun. A student or player on a sports team at the University of Louisville.
- Adjective. Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- Adjective. (nautical) Of or relating to the '''cardinal''' directions (north, south, east and west).
- Adjective. Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
- Adjective. Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).
- Noun. A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. (See Wikipedia article on Cardinal number.).
- Noun. An official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.).
- Noun. A songbird of the finch family, ''Cardinalis cardinalis''.
- Noun. Any of various related passerine birds of the family ''Cardinalidae''. (See Wikipedia article on cardinal birds.).
- Noun. A shade of scarlet associated with the colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock.
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