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crants

crants noun: a garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.

Noun

crants (plural crantses)

  1. (obsolete) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.
    • Why forsooth? because the filthy queane weares a craunce, and is a French woman forsooth.1592, Robert Greene, A quip for an upstart courtier
    • Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, / Her maiden strewments, and the bringing home / Of bell and burial.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of crants

pluralcrantses

Origin of crants

Compare Dutch krans, German Kranz.

Questions about crants

What does crants mean?
Crants means a garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.
What part of speech is crants?
Crants is a noun.
What is the plural of crants?
The plural of crants is crantses.

Words near crants in the dictionary

  1. crantaras
  2. crantini
  3. crantinis
  4. Crantock
  5. Crantor
  6. crants
  7. crantses
  8. Cranwell
  9. Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap
  10. cranze
  11. cranzes

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