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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hen /hɛn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Animal Husbandrythe female of the domestic fowl.
- Birdsthe female of any bird.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hen (hen),USA pronunciation n. - Animal Husbandrythe female of the domestic fowl.
- Birdsthe female of any bird, esp. of a gallinaceous bird.
- [Informal](often disparaging and offensive). a woman, esp. a busybody or gossip.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English hen(n) (compare Old English hana cock); cognate with German Henne; akin to Latin canere to sing
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