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targes

targes is the plural of targe.

Meaning of targe

Noun

targe (plural targes)

  1. (archaic) A small shield.
    • Or burley Hero [Ajax the Great] Sev'nfold Targe who bore, / With Choler furibund, vindictive Steel / Plunging in Brutal Gore; [...]1730, Andrew Brice, Freedom: A Poem, Written in Time of Recess from the Rapacious Claws of Bailiffs, and Devouring Fangs of Goalers, […], Exon [Exeter, Devon]: […] [T]he author, […], →OCLC, page 80
  2. (archaic) A pendant or tassel.
    Synonyms:
    target

Questions about targes

What is targes the plural of?
Targes is the plural of targe.

Words near targes in the dictionary

  1. Targa top
  2. Targa tops
  3. targe
  4. targeman
  5. targemen
  6. targes
  7. target
  8. target audience
  9. target audiences
  10. target cell
  11. target cells

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