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Date "FEMYNYE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: FEMYNYE

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Literature1: "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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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