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martern

martern is the obsolete form of marten.

Meaning of marten

Noun

marten (plural martens)

  1. Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.

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Forms of martern

pluralmarterns

Questions about martern

What is martern the obsolete form of?
Martern is the obsolete form of marten.

Words near martern in the dictionary

  1. martensitic
  2. martensitically
  3. Martenson
  4. Martensons
  5. Marter
  6. martern
  7. marterns
  8. Marters
  9. Martes
  10. martext
  11. martexts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: martern (page history and authors); marten (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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