Etymology

hurcheon

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Today it means: A hedgehog. Full definition →

Middle English hirchoun
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromhirchoun“hedgehog”
  2. English todayhurcheon

A variant of urchin, from Middle English hirchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French heriçon (“hedgehog”). Compare Scots hurcheon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.