Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common hackney-horse; a nag.
- noun A vulgar, coarse woman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A common hackney horse; a nag.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun now historical A
horse , especially a common riding-horse.
Etymologies
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From Anglo-Norman rouncie, runcin, Old French roncin, from Late Latin runcinus, of uncertain origin.
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Examples
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[533] _Runcinus_, the Old English _rouncy_ (Chaucer, _Prol.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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