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Pullen

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
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

Etymology

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

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