Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elder-gun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: el-der--gun
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A popgun made of a hollowed shoot of elder, i.e. a harmless weapon.

Example Sentences

"… tis a great displeasure That an elder gun, can do against a cannon,"
"… that's a perillous shot out of an Elder Gunne, that a poore and a priuate displeasure can doe against a Monarch."

Inflected Forms

elder-guns (plural) elderne gun (alternative) eller-gun (alternative)

Questions

What does elder-gun mean?: A popgun made of a hollowed shoot of elder, i.e. a harmless weapon.

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