Etymology

douzaine

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Today it means: A parish council, consisting of a dean and twelve douzeniers. Full definition →

French douzaine
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  1. French · borrowed fromdouzaine“dozen”
  2. English todaydouzaine

Borrowed from French douzaine (“dozen”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.