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Chosen
//ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən// adj, name, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 picked; selected
"The chosen candidate accepted the award with pride."
- 2 elected
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Joseon: A former Korean kingdom and dynasty in East Asia which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 CE to 1897 CE. alt-of, alternative, historical
- 2 A former colony of Japan in East Asia; Korea under Japanese rule, from 1910 through 1945. historical
Noun
- 1 an exclusive group of people wordnet
- 2 one who is the object of choice; who is given preference wordnet
Verb
- 1 past participle of choose form-of, participle, past
- 2 past participle of chuse form-of, participle, past
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending).
Etymology 2
From Middle English chosen, ychosen, ichosen, re-analysed variant of coren, icoren, ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English coren, ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of Old English ċēosan (“to choose”). Morphologically equivalent to choose + -en (past participle ending).
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Japanese 朝鮮 (Chōsen).
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