KERN

Kern

A Kern was a Gaelic soldier, specifically a light infantryman in Ireland during the Middle Ages.

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KERN

KERN is a radio station broadcasting a News/talk format. Licensed to Wasco-Greenacres, California, USA, the station serves the Bakersfield, California, area. The station is currently owned by American General Media.

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kern

Noun

  1. A corn; grain; kernel.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.
  2. A boor; a low person.
  3. An idler; a vagabond.

Noun (etymology 4)

Noun (etymology 5)

  1. A churn.

Verb

  1. To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules.


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