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heroners

heroners is the plural of heroner.

Meaning of heroner

Noun

heroner (plural heroners)

  1. (historical) A hawk used in hunting herons.
    • Brough-mill, which in the reign of Edward III. belonged to the family of Strelley, was then held by the service of attending the King on horseback whenever he should come into Derbyshire, carrying a heroner (or heron-falcon [footnote: Falco heronarius]).1817, Daniel Lysons, Samuel Lysons, Magna Britannia, volume 5: Derbyshire, page 184

Questions about heroners

What is heroners the plural of?
Heroners is the plural of heroner.

Words near heroners in the dictionary

  1. Heron's fountain
  2. Heron's fountains
  3. heron's-bill
  4. heronbill
  5. heroner
  6. heroners
  7. heroness
  8. Herongate
  9. Herongate and Ingrave
  10. Heronian
  11. heronlike

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