Pullet Definition

po͝olĭt
pullets
noun
pullets
A young hen, usually one not more than a year old.
Webster's New World

(slang) A spineless person; a coward.

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Noun

Singular:
pullet
Plural:
pullets

Origin of Pullet

  • Middle English pulet from Old French polet diminutive of poul cock and poule hen both from Latin pullus young fowl, young animal, chicken pau-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman pullet, poulet (“young chicken"); polette (“young hen"), from poule (“hen").

    From Wiktionary

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