What does kerne mean?

kerne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

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"Donald no sooner beheld his kinswoman than he dropped on his knee and with the wildest demonstrations of joy kissed the hand of the ragged kerne who supported her."
"April 11: The army advances again to Armagh, where it waits for galloglasse and kerne from the Pale."

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

kernes (plural)

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