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EAST MIDLAND

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Dictionary entry overview: What does East Midland mean?

• EAST MIDLAND (noun)
The noun EAST MIDLAND has 1 sense:

1. the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English

Familiarity information: EAST MIDLAND used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EAST MIDLAND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("East Midland" is a kind of...):

Middle English (English from about 1100 to 1450)

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