"myn" meaning in English

See myn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} myn (not comparable)
  1. Obsolete form of mean. Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Alternative form of: mean
    Sense id: en-myn-en-adj-I1I5vQeF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: myns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} myn (plural myns)
  1. Obsolete form of mine. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: mine
    Sense id: en-myn-en-noun-r0qOD6kd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 77 1 21 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 4 54 4 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: myns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} myn (plural myns)
  1. Obsolete form of mean. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: mean
    Sense id: en-myn-en-noun-I1I5vQeF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology: Respelling of men based on womyn, which was itself respelled so as to be spelled differently from men. Etymology templates: {{m|en|men}} men, {{m|en|womyn}} womyn Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} myn pl (plural only)
  1. (very rare, chiefly humorous) Alternative spelling of men (plural of man) Tags: alt-of, alternative, humorous, plural, plural-only, rare Alternative form of: men (extra: plural of man) Related terms: mxn
    Sense id: en-myn-en-noun-WdeDmhTy Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1994, John Leo, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police, page 41",
          "text": "Old Yeller — Senior animal companion of color.\nSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs — One of the monocultural oppressed womyn confronts the vertically challenged.\nMen at Arms — The myn are at it again.",
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