"feathern" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more feathern [comparative], most feathern [superlative]
Etymology: From feather + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|feather|-en|id2=made of}} feather + -en Head templates: {{en-adj}} feathern (comparative more feathern, superlative most feathern)
  1. (rare) Relating to or consisting of feathers. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-feathern-en-adj-LwXEjq4Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (made of) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (made of): 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology: From Middle English fetheren, plural of fether (“fether”), equivalent to feather + -en (plural marker). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fetheren}} Middle English fetheren, {{m|enm|fether|t=fether}} fether (“fether”), {{af|en|feather|-en|pos2=plural marker}} feather + -en (plural marker) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} feathern
  1. (nonstandard or dialectal) plural of feather Tags: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, plural Form of: feather Synonyms: fetheren [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-feathern-en-noun-F0pjn5lV Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals, English terms suffixed with -en
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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