Etimology
From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.
conjunction
nor
(literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
(archaic) Neither.
Used to introduce a further negative statement.
(UK, dialect) Than.
Examples
Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
They are happy, nor need we worry.
Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink.
And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it […]
The cheeks drop in; the body bows;Man dies: nor is there hope in dust: […]
I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired.
I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
But neither breath of Morn when she ascends / With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun / On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, / Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; / Nor grateful Evening mild; nor silent Night / With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself.
The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.
I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
He's no better nor you.
'I used to think, when you first come into these parts, as you were no better nor you should be.'
I wouldn’t like to live here though, not after dark. Sooner you nor me.
Etimology
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.
noun
nor (plural nors)
(logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR
Related words
coordinate terms
and
nand
or
xor