"kerne" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "kernes",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "kern"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1902, William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of Raasay:",
          "text": "Donald no sooner beheld his kinswoman than he dropped on his knee and with the wildest demonstrations of joy kissed the hand of the ragged kerne who supported her.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1870, James Godkin, The Land-War In Ireland (1870):",
          "text": "April 11: The army advances again to Armagh, where it waits for galloglasse and kerne from the Pale.",
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        "Alternative spelling of kern"
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  "word": "kerne"
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    "enm:Military units",
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          "text": "Donald no sooner beheld his kinswoman than he dropped on his knee and with the wildest demonstrations of joy kissed the hand of the ragged kerne who supported her.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1870, James Godkin, The Land-War In Ireland (1870):",
          "text": "April 11: The army advances again to Armagh, where it waits for galloglasse and kerne from the Pale.",
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        }
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