lucern

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noun

A lamp.

OriginLatin lucerna →
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Meanings

lucern1

nounlucern (plural lucerns)

plural lucerns

  1. obsoleteA lamp.

    Superne Lucerne, guberne this pestilens

    a. 1500, Robert Henryson, Ane Prayer for the Pest

lucern2

nounlucern (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of lucerne (the plant alfalfa)

lucern3

nounlucern (plural lucerns)

plural lucerns · alternative lusern · alternative luzern

  1. obsoleteThe lynx, viewed as an animal hunted for its fur or skin.

    The pole-cat, martern, and the rich-skin'd lucern / I know to chase.

    c. 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger [et al.?], “Beggars Bush”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii

Origin

lucern · noun

  1. Latinlucerna
  2. Englishlucern

Latin lucerna.

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lucern · noun

  1. Frenchluzerne
  2. Englishlucern

French luzerne.

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lucern · noun

  1. Germanlüchsern“pertaining to the lynx”
  2. Englishlucern

Probably adapted from obsolete German lüchsern (“pertaining to the lynx”, adjective) (attested 1600s), as applied to the fur or skin of the lynx, from Luchs (“lynx”).

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lucern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lucern

MLA

“lucern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lucern. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lucern,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lucern.

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