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kern

3  [kurn]
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–noun Archaic.
1. a band of lightly armed foot soldiers of ancient Ireland.
2. (in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) a soldier.
3. an Irish peasant, esp. a crude or boorish one.
Also, kerne.

Origin:
1325–75; ME kerne < Ir ceithern band of foot soldiers; cf. cateran
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kern 1 also kerne   (kûrn)   
n.  

  1. A medieval Scottish or Irish foot soldier.

  2. A loutish person.


[Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish ceithern, ceithernn, band of soldiers, from Old Irish.]
kerne   (kûrn)   
n.  Variant of kern1.
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