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Puisne means (obsolete) Younger; junior..
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/ˈpjuːni/ · adjective
(obsolete) Younger; junior..
it is not conceptible that in an infinite , or indeed in a very long period of Revolutions of Mankind , those or any things of this kind discoverable would have been of so late a puiſne a discovery
But this intrigue of the ancient is a piece of private history, the truth of which my beloved cares not to own, and indeed, affects to disbelieve. As she does also some puisne gallantries of her foolish brother […].
the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer
a puisne date to eternity
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Puisne means (obsolete) Younger; junior..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
it is not conceptible that in an infinite , or indeed in a very long period of Revolutions of Mankind , those or any things of this kind discoverable would have been of so late a puiſne a discovery
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