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bairns

bairns is the plural of bairn.

bairns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bairn.

Meaning of bairn

Noun

bairn (plural bairns)

  1. (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.
    • She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

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Phrases with bairns

Questions about bairns

What is bairns the plural of?
Bairns is the plural of bairn.

Words near bairns in the dictionary

  1. bairnish
  2. bairnless
  3. bairnliest
  4. bairnlike
  5. bairnly
  6. bairns
  7. Bairnsdale
  8. Bairnsdalian
  9. bairnwort
  10. Bairs
  11. Bairstow

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