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VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

VERNACULAR (See also:
LAT
Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave See also:
HORN
HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT
horn in his See also:
MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)
master's See also:
HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
house) , a See also:

TERM

term meaning native or indigenous, belonging to the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country where a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person is See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born. The word is practically confined in See also:

ENGLISH

English usage to See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, whether of the country as a whole or of particular dialects or idioms.

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