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pullen

Syllables: pul·len/ˈpʊ.lən/

pullen noun: domestic fowl; poultry.

Noun

pullen (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) domestic fowl; poultry
    • The palsie plagues my pulses
      when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen
      your culuers take, or matchles make
      your Chanticleare or sullenc. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
  2. (obsolete) the meat from a domestic fowl
  3. (obsolete) the young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children

Proper noun capitalized: Pullen

Pullen (plural Pullens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of pullen

pluralPullens

Origin of pullen

From Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet.

Words that rhyme with pullen

Questions about pullen

What does pullen mean?
Pullen means domestic fowl; poultry.
What part of speech is pullen?
Pullen can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pullen?
Pullen is pronounced /ˈpʊ.lən/.

Words near pullen in the dictionary

  1. pulled up short
  2. pulled up stakes
  3. pulled up the ladder
  4. pulled-to-publish
  5. pulledst
  6. pullen
  7. Pullens
  8. puller
  9. puller-outer
  10. puller-outers
  11. pullers

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