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Kern (soldier)
From the word Middle Irish word 'Ceithern' or 'Ceitherne', a Kern was a Gaelic soldier, specifically a light infantryman during the Middle Ages. The term exists earlier as 'Ceithernn', and designated levied warbands used in Gaelic armies.
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