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Alcuin

Alcuin proper noun: alcuin, a Northumbrian clergyman and scholar.

Proper noun

Alcuin

  1. Alcuin, a Northumbrian clergyman and scholar

Origin of Alcuin

From Latin Alcuinus, romanization of Old English Ealhwine.

Questions about Alcuin

What does Alcuin mean?
Alcuin means alcuin, a Northumbrian clergyman and scholar.
What part of speech is Alcuin?
Alcuin is a proper noun.

Words near Alcuin in the dictionary

  1. Alcubierre
  2. Alcubierre drive
  3. Alcubierre drives
  4. Alcubierre metric
  5. Alcubierre metrics
  6. Alcuin
  7. alcuronium
  8. alcyon
  9. alcyonacean
  10. alcyonaceans
  11. alcyonacian

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