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bairnless

bairnless adjective: childless.

Adjective

bairnless (not comparable)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) childless

Origin of bairnless

From Middle English barnles, from Old English bearnlēas; equivalent to bairn + -less. Cognate with West Frisian bernleas (“childless”).

Questions about bairnless

What does bairnless mean?
Bairnless means childless.
What part of speech is bairnless?
Bairnless is an adjective.

Words near bairnless in the dictionary

  1. bairn-time
  2. bairned
  3. bairnhood
  4. bairning
  5. bairnish
  6. bairnless
  7. bairnliest
  8. bairnlike
  9. bairnly
  10. bairns
  11. Bairnsdale

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