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eams

eams is the plural of eam.

Meaning of eam

Noun

eam (plural eams)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Uncle.
    • James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.2011, Ernest R. Holloway, Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622

Questions about eams

What is eams the plural of?
Eams is the plural of eam.

Words near eams in the dictionary

  1. Eameses
  2. Eamon
  3. Eamonn
  4. Eamont
  5. Eamont Bridge
  6. eams
  7. ean
  8. EAN32
  9. EAN36
  10. eaned
  11. eaning

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