| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  tûrn |
| NOUN: | 1. Games A set of three, especially a combination of three numbers that wins a lottery. 2. A three-masted schooner. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English terne, from Old French, from ternes, from Latin tern s, accusative pl. of tern , three each, from ter, thrice. See trei- in Appendix I.
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