| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "FEMYNYE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: "He [Thessus] conquered al the regne of Femynye." Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. 868. 2: Femynye (3 syl.). A mediaeval name for the kingdom of the Amazons. Gower terms Penthesile'a "queen of Feminee." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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