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esne

[ ez-nee, -ne ]
/ ˈɛz ni, -nɛ /
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noun
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
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Origin of esne

before 950; <Old English; cognate with Old High German asni,Gothic asneis day laborer, harvester, akin to asans harvest
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