"meane" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: meanes [plural]
enPR: mēn Etymology: From Middle English [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun}} meane (plural meanes)
  1. (archaic, music) The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-meane-en-noun-GNyFN-9H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: meanes [plural]
enPR: mēn Head templates: {{en-noun}} meane (plural meanes)
  1. Obsolete spelling of mean. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: mean
    Sense id: en-meane-en-noun-0M-3j5ih
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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