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turms

turms is the plural of turm.

Meaning of turm

Noun

turm (plural turms)

  1. (obsolete) A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
    • Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 81, lines 61–66

Questions about turms

What is turms the plural of?
Turms is the plural of turm.

Words near turms in the dictionary

  1. turmoiled
  2. turmoiler
  3. turmoilers
  4. turmoiling
  5. turmoils
  6. turms
  7. turmut
  8. turmuts
  9. turn
  10. turn 19 in Poland
  11. turn a blind eye

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