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jerran

jerran adjective: afraid.

Adjective

jerran

  1. afraid
    • As soon as things had got thus far, I began to feel rather jerran, as the blacks say, (i.e. timorous).1847, Alexander Harris, Settlers and Convicts; or, Recollections of Sixteen Years' Labour in the Australian Backwoods, London

Origin of jerran

Borrowed from an aboriginal Australian language, used briefly in Australian English. A mention is made in Robbery Under Arms, by Rolf Boldrewood; another is made in Alexander Harris's Settlers and Convicts (1847).

Questions about jerran

What does jerran mean?
Jerran means afraid.
What part of speech is jerran?
Jerran is an adjective.

Words near jerran in the dictionary

  1. jerques
  2. jerquing
  3. Jerrabattgulla
  4. Jerrabomberra
  5. Jerram
  6. jerran
  7. Jerrara
  8. Jerrawa
  9. jerreed
  10. jerreeds
  11. Jerrell

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