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forlorns

forlorns is the plural of forlorn.

Meaning of forlorn

Noun

forlorn (plural forlorns)

  1. A forlorn hope.
    • The Regiment being drawn up into the former Figure, they may proceed to Firings upon it, firſt let the Forlorns fire five or six times over, being commanded by the eldeſt Captains Lieutenant, who is to be aſſiſted by a couple of able Serjeants; after let him wheel off to the right and left, and...1659, Richard Elton, “Severall Firings to be Performed upon the Former Figure, and how to be Mannaged by the Severall Officers”, in The Compleat Body of the Art Military: Exactly Compiled, and...
  2. A member of a forlorn hope.

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Questions about forlorns

What is forlorns the plural of?
Forlorns is the plural of forlorn.

Words near forlorns in the dictionary

  1. forlornities
  2. forlornity
  3. forlornly
  4. forlornness
  5. forlornnesses
  6. forlorns
  7. Forlì
  8. Forlì-Cesena
  9. form
  10. form book
  11. form books

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