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Proper noun
Modern English
- The English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.
- Synonym: New English
- Hyponyms: Early Modern English, Late Modern English
- Coordinate terms: Middle English, Old English
Translations
English spoken since the Great Vowel Shift
— see New English
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