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slovens

slovens is the plural of sloven.

Meaning of sloven

Noun

sloven (plural slovens)

  1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
    Synonyms:
    cutterman
  2. A low, base, lewd person.
    • The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical...
  3. (obsolete) An immoral woman.

Questions about slovens

What is slovens the plural of?
Slovens is the plural of sloven.

Words near slovens in the dictionary

  1. slovenness
  2. Sloveno-
  3. Slovenophobic
  4. slovenries
  5. slovenry
  6. slovens
  7. Slovenski
  8. Slovensky Kopov
  9. Slover
  10. Slovers
  11. Sloviansk

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