Middle English Dictionary Entry
pūber n.
Entry Info
Forms | pūber n. Also (error, pl.) pukeres. |
Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who has attained the age of puberty.
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)62/1742 : Þet knaue child for-tene ȝer Schel habbe, ane tuel þe þerne..In saȝe Hy beþ icliped pukeres [read: puberes], Þat hys a word of lawe.