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taverne

taverne is the obsolete form of tavern.

Meaning of tavern

Noun

tavern (plural taverns)

  1. A restaurant or bar.
  2. (dated) A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.
    • I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], London: […] Thomas Scarlet for Cuthbert Burby, published 1594, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, signature C3, verso

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Forms of taverne

pluraltavernes

Questions about taverne

What is taverne the obsolete form of?
Taverne is the obsolete form of tavern.

Words near taverne in the dictionary

  1. tavern stands
  2. tavern-cut
  3. tavern-style
  4. taverna
  5. tavernas
  6. taverne
  7. taverner
  8. taverners
  9. tavernesque
  10. tavernful
  11. tavernfuls

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