douzaine

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douzaine

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Borrowed from French douzaine (“dozen”).

noun douzaines

Guernsey A parish council, consisting of a dean and twelve douzeniers. If the eldest son will not accept the valuation set upon it by the town Douzaine, then it will be successively offered to the sons and daughters in rotation, according to seniority […]

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@misc{douzaine_2026,
  title = {douzaine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/douzaine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}