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Webster 1913 Edition

Beguin

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Beˊguin′

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Noun.
[F.]
See
Beghard
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Webster 1828 Edition

Beguin

BE'GUIN

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Noun.
The beguins are a congregation of nuns in Flanders, so called from their founder, or from their head dress. Beguin, in French, is a linen cap. From this order sprung the Beguinages in Flanders.

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