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jereeds

jereeds is the plural of jereed.

Meaning of jereed

Noun

jereed (countable and uncountable, plural jereeds)

  1. (countable) A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
    • The spur hath lanced his courser's sides—
      Away—away—for life he rides—
      Swift as the hurled on high jerreed,
      Springs to the touch his startled steed, […]1813, Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale, 8th edition, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 249–252
  2. (uncountable) A traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin at opposing team's horsemen.

Questions about jereeds

What is jereeds the plural of?
Jereeds is the plural of jereed.

Words near jereeds in the dictionary

  1. Jerdes
  2. Jerdon's palm civet
  3. Jerdon's palm civets
  4. jerdonitin
  5. jereed
  6. jereeds
  7. Jerem.
  8. Jeremadra
  9. jeremeievite
  10. jeremejeffite
  11. jeremejevite

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