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Meese

//miːs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A river in Shropshire, England, a tributary of the River Tern. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of moose form-of, humorous, nonstandard, plural
  2. 2
    A titmouse. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Pluralization of moose on the pattern of Germanic strong declension nouns such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet, and the similarly jocularly-formed shoop → sheep.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch mees.

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