gean

[ geen ]

/ gin /

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noun

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Origin of gean

First recorded in 1525–35, gean is from the Middle French word guigne, of uncertain origin

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How to use gean in a sentence

The leading varieties are recognized as bigarreaus, dukes, morellos and geans.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various
The "geans" grew thick in Scotland, and they were black ripe now.
Highways and Byways in The Border|Andrew Lang
The Greeks had learned the art of trading from the geans who had been the pupils of the Phnicians.
The Story of Mankind|Hendrik Van Loon
We have to reconstruct the record of their adventures from the ruins which the geans have left behind.
The Story of Mankind|Hendrik Van Loon

In the time of Egyptian supremacy they called their country Asi, and this name inclines one to connect the people with the geans.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12)|G. Maspero

British Dictionary definitions for gean

gean

/ (ɡiːn) /

noun

Also called: wild cherry a white-flowered rosaceous tree, Prunus avium, of Europe, W Asia, and N Africa, the ancestor of the cultivated sweet cherries

See sweet cherry (def. 2)

Word Origin for gean

C16: from Old French guine

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