"hurcheon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hurcheons [plural]
Etymology: A variant of urchin, from Middle English hirchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French heriçon (“hedgehog”). Compare Scots hurcheon. Etymology templates: {{m|en|urchin}} urchin, {{inh|en|enm|hirchoun||hedgehog}} Middle English hirchoun (“hedgehog”), {{cog|fro|heriçun|heriçon|hedgehog}} Old French heriçon (“hedgehog”), {{cog|sco|hurcheon}} Scots hurcheon Head templates: {{en-noun}} hurcheon (plural hurcheons)
  1. (obsolete, dialectal) A hedgehog. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Erinaceids

Inflected forms

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