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Term: esne

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: Historical

Definition: A former term for a slave or servant.

Example sentence: In medieval times, esnes constituted a significant part of the household staff for nobles.

Sense 2: Regional (North England)

Definition: A dialectal term for a person, often used to refer to someone of low social standing.

Example sentence: The local folklore often speaks of encounters with peculiar esnes in the countryside.

Sense 3: Linguistics

Definition: In Old English, a pronoun meaning "you" in the accusative case.

Example sentence: The use of esne as a second-person pronoun gradually became obsolete during the Middle English period.