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quartern

quar·tern

uncommon archaic

noun

1.

one of four equal parts

  • “a quarter of a pound”

Origin

From Middle English quartern, quarteroun, quartroun, from Anglo-Norman quatroun (“quarter of a hundred”), from Old French quarter (“fourth”).

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