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shaughraun

/ˈʃɑːxɹɑː/

shaughraun noun: a wanderer; a vagabond.

Noun

shaughraun (plural shaughrauns)

  1. (Canada, Ireland) A wanderer; a vagabond.
  2. (Canada, Ireland) A state of travelling or wandering.
    • We’ll paralyse Europe as Ignatius Gallaher used to say when he was on the shaughraun, doing billiardmaking in the Clarence.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 7: Aeolus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 130

Forms of shaughraun

pluralshaughrauns

Origin of shaughraun

Borrowed from Irish seachrán.

Questions about shaughraun

What does shaughraun mean?
Shaughraun means a wanderer; a vagabond.
What part of speech is shaughraun?
Shaughraun is a noun.
How do you pronounce shaughraun?
Shaughraun is pronounced /ˈʃɑːxɹɑː/.
What is the plural of shaughraun?
The plural of shaughraun is shaughrauns.

Words near shaughraun in the dictionary

  1. Shaughnessy playoff
  2. Shaughnessy playoffs
  3. Shaughnessy Village
  4. Shaughnessyes
  5. Shaughnessys
  6. shaughraun
  7. shaughrauns
  8. shaughs
  9. Shaul
  10. Shaula
  11. Shaull

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