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fons

fons is the plural of fon.

fons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fon.

Meaning of fon

Noun (1)

fon (plural fons)

  1. (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
    • Delt he not lyke a fon?
      Delt he not lyke a daw?c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 128–129

Noun (2)

fon (plural fons)

  1. A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
    • Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA), […]2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front, →ISBN, page 71

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Phrases with fons

Questions about fons

What is fons the plural of?
Fons is the plural of fon.

Words near fons in the dictionary

  1. fonning
  2. fonofos
  3. Fonoifua
  4. Fonoifua Island
  5. FONOPs
  6. fons
  7. fons et origo
  8. fons honorum
  9. Fonseca
  10. Fonseca's disease
  11. Fonsecas

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