"moyen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moyens [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English moyen, moene, a variation of mene, meene, borrowed from Old French meien (French moyen), Late Latin mediānus (“that is in the middle, middle”), from Latin medius (“middle”). Doublet of mid and mean. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|moyen}} Middle English moyen, {{der|en|fro|meien}} Old French meien, {{cog|fr|moyen}} French moyen, {{cog|LL.|mediānus||that is in the middle, middle}} Late Latin mediānus (“that is in the middle, middle”), {{der|en|la|medius||middle}} Latin medius (“middle”), {{doublet|en|mid|mean}} Doublet of mid and mean Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} moyen (countable and uncountable, plural moyens)
  1. (obsolete, chiefly Scotland) Intercession; intervention. Tags: Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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