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sauns

sauns is the plural of saun.

Meaning of saun

Noun

saun (plural sauns)

  1. A male elephant that is not part of a herd; a rogue.
    • Though on some occasions the mahouts accompany the koomkies up to the saun, yet it is safer, and generally the most sure and easy mode, for them to dismount in some contiguous cover with their blankets and ropes, leading the koomkies to the saun, towards which they proceed in the most cunning style.1810, Decoy Elephants Catching a Male, in Enos Bronson (editor), Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, Volume 3, page 123

Questions about sauns

What is sauns the plural of?
Sauns is the plural of saun.

Words near sauns in the dictionary

  1. saunf
  2. saung
  3. saungs
  4. Saunier
  5. Sauniers
  6. sauns
  7. saunter
  8. sauntered
  9. saunterer
  10. saunterers
  11. sauntering

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