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lucerns

lucerns is the plural of lucern.

Meaning of lucern

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...

Questions about lucerns

What is lucerns the plural of?
Lucerns is the plural of lucern.

Words near lucerns in the dictionary

  1. lucernarians
  2. lucerne
  3. Lucerne hammer
  4. Lucerne hammers
  5. Lucerne Valley
  6. lucerns
  7. Lucero
  8. luces
  9. lucet
  10. lucets
  11. Lucetta

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