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cuny

cuny noun: an ordinary seaman.

Noun

cuny (plural cunies)

  1. An ordinary seaman.
    • I early found my way to ships to become a sea-cuny.1915, Jack London, The Star Rover

Proper noun (1) capitalized: CUNY

CUNY

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of City University of New York.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cuny

Cuny (plural Cunys)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of cuny

Noun
pluralcunies
Proper noun
pluralCunys

Origin of cuny

Borrowed from French Cuny.

Questions about cuny

What does cuny mean?
Cuny means an ordinary seaman.
What part of speech is cuny?
Cuny can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cuny?
The plural of cuny is cunies.

Words near cuny in the dictionary

  1. cuntwipes
  2. cunty
  3. Cuntze
  4. cuntzilla
  5. cuntzillas
  6. cuny
  7. Cunynghame
  8. Cunys
  9. Cunza
  10. Cuoco
  11. Cuocos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cuny (page history and authors); CUNY (page history and authors); Cuny (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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