kern

kern is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Macaulay. Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns. Shak.

[2] Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.

[3] An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.

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