"kerne" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kernes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "kerne (plural kernes)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "kern"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis": "1 1 48 22 16 11",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative spelling of kern"
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          "kern",
          "kern#English"
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        "alternative"
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    }
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  "word": "kerne"
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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Middle Irish",
    "Middle English terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "enm:Military units",
    "enm:People"
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      "form": "kernes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of kern"
      ],
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