How to pronounce “puisne”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (obsolete) Younger; junior. [16th–19th c.]
• (obsolete) Insignificant, petty; ineffectual. [16th–19th c.]
• (law) Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior. [from 17th c.]
• (now law) Coming later in time; subsequent, secondary. [from 17th c.]
• [Noun]
• A person of puisne rank.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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