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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trochanter \Tro*chan"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trochanter n 1: one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached