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tercelet

tercelet noun: a male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.

Noun

tercelet (plural tercelets)

  1. A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.
    • In the Squire's Tale this is expressed in avian terms when the tercelet flies off with a kite;1999, Geoffrey Lester, Chaucer in Perspective: Middle English Essays, page 110

Forms of tercelet

pluraltercelets
alternative formtiercelet

Origin of tercelet

Inherited from Middle English tercelet, from Old French tercelet; equivalent to tiercel + -et.

Questions about tercelet

What does tercelet mean?
Tercelet means a male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.
What part of speech is tercelet?
Tercelet is a noun.
What is the plural of tercelet?
The plural of tercelet is tercelets.

Words near tercelet in the dictionary

  1. terbuthylazine
  2. terce
  3. tercel
  4. tercel gentle
  5. tercel gentles
  6. tercelet
  7. tercelets
  8. tercels
  9. tercels gentle
  10. tercentenarian
  11. tercentenarians

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