name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   domestic fowl; poultry obsolete, uncountable

   "The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen"

2. 2
   the meat from a domestic fowl obsolete, uncountable
3. 3
   the young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children obsolete, uncountable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Example

More examples

"The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen"

Etymology

From Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet.

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