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Karen

noun Ka·ren \ kə-ˈren \

Definition of Karen

plural Karen or Karens
1 : a member of a group of peoples of eastern and southern Myanmar
2 a : a group of languages spoken by the Karen peoples
b : a language of this group

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1833

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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