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zains

zains is the plural of zain.

Meaning of zain

Noun

zain (plural zains)

  1. (archaic) A horse of a dark colour with no lighter spots.
    • Azara estimates the proportion of bays amongst these horses to be about ninety to ten zains, that is, entirely dark-coloured without any white; and there is not one black in two thousand; pied and greys occur sometimes […]1905, Sir William Ridgeway, The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse

Questions about zains

What is zains the plural of?
Zains is the plural of zain.

Words near zains in the dictionary

  1. Zainab
  2. Zainichi
  3. Zainichis
  4. Zaino
  5. Zainos
  6. zains
  7. Zaionc
  8. Zaionts
  9. Zaiontz
  10. zaire
  11. Zairean

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