clergeon
See also: clièrgeon
English
Etymology
From French [Term?], diminutive of clerc. See clerk.
Noun
clergeon (plural clergeons)
- (obsolete) A chorister boy.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- a litel clergeon, seven yeer of age
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for clergeon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)