QUINTAIN


Meaning of QUINTAIN in English

noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, perhaps from Latin quintana street in a Roman camp separating the fifth maniple from the sixth where a market was held, from feminine of quintanus fifth in rank, from quintus fifth Date: 15th century an object to be tilted at

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