1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; — distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Macaulay. Now for our Irish wars; We must supplant those rough, rug-headed kerns. Shak.
2. Any kind of boor or low-lived person. [Obs.] Blount.
3. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: An idler; a vagabond. Wharton.
KERN
Kern, n. (Type Founding)
Defn: A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
KERN
Kern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Kerning. ] (Type
Founding)
Defn: To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
KERN
Kern, n. Etym: [See Churn. ]
Defn: A churn. [Prov. Eng.]