name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pearmain
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UK: /ˈpɛːmeɪn/
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UK: /ˈpəːmaɪn/
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UK: /pəˈmeɪn/
noun
Meaning 2
A type of pear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various types of apple, having an elongated shape and often with streaky skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1826 June 30, Thomas Greene Fessenden (editor), The New England Farmer, Volume 4 [July 1825—July 1826], page 385, If it were not so, why, for instance, has not the pearmain — a better apple than the Baldwin or any other Massachusetts winter apple now known to me — been propagated as extensively, and brought in plenty to our markets?
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noun
Meaning 4
any of several varieties of apples with red skins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eating apple, dessert apple
History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman parmain, peremain et al., Middle French parmain, permain (“type of pear or apple”), of uncertain origin.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Parmäne — apple