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Middle English
Etymology
Compare clerc.
Noun
clergeon
- a chorister boy
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prioresses Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
a litel clergeon, seven yeer of age- A little chorister boy, seven years of age
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