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lucern

lucern noun: a lamp. Also the alternative form of lucerne.

Noun (1)

lucern (plural lucerns)

  1. (obsolete) A lamp.
    • Superne Lucerne, guberne this pestilensa. 1500, Robert Henryson, Ane Prayer for the Pest

Noun (2)

lucern (plural lucerns)

  1. (obsolete) The lynx, viewed as an animal hunted for its fur or skin.
    • The pole-cat, martern, and the rich-skin'd lucern / I know to chase.c. 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger [et al.?], “Beggars Bush”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III...

Also used as

lucern is also the alternative form of lucerne.

Forms of lucern

plurallucerns
alternative formlusern
alternative formluzern

Origin of lucern

Latin lucerna.

French luzerne.

Probably adapted from obsolete German lüchsern (“pertaining to the lynx”, adjective) (attested 1600s), as applied to the fur or skin of the lynx, from Luchs (“lynx”).

Questions about lucern

What does lucern mean?
Lucern means a lamp.
What part of speech is lucern?
Lucern is a noun.
What is the plural of lucern?
The plural of lucern is lucerns.

Words near lucern in the dictionary

  1. Lucente
  2. Lucentes
  3. lucently
  4. lucerative
  5. Luceres
  6. lucern
  7. lucernal
  8. lucernarian
  9. lucernarians
  10. lucerne
  11. Lucerne hammer

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