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colleens

colleens is the plural of colleen.

Meaning of colleen

Noun

colleen (plural colleens)

  1. (Ireland) A girl.
  2. (Ireland) A young single woman.
    • Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by.c. 1900, “Star of the County Down (traditional folk song)”

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Questions about colleens

What is colleens the plural of?
Colleens is the plural of colleen.

Words near colleens in the dictionary

  1. colled
  2. colledg
  3. colledge
  4. colledges
  5. colleen
  6. colleens
  7. college
  8. College City
  9. College for Women
  10. College of Cardinals
  11. College Park

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