twain

[ tweyn ]
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adjective, noun
  1. two.

Origin of twain

1
before 900; Middle English twayn originally, nominative and accusative masculine, Old English twēgen (cf. two); cognate with obsolete German zween

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Twain
[ tweyn ]

noun
  1. Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

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British Dictionary definitions for twain (1 of 2)

twain

/ (tweɪn) /


determiner, noun
  1. an archaic word for two

Origin of twain

1
Old English twēgen; related to Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne, Old Norse tveir, Gothic twai

British Dictionary definitions for Twain (2 of 2)

Twain

/ (tweɪn) /


noun
  1. Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens . 1835–1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)

  2. Shania (ʃəˈnaɪə), real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995) Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002)

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