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  1. A Middle English form of none.
  2. A Middle English form of noon.
  3. Not. Lerneth to suffre, or elles so moot I goon, Ye shul it lerne, wherso ye wole or noon. Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, l. 50.

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  • As a doctor, Goder was classified as a non-combatant, and so could not take part in such aggressive duties as standing a watch. —  Grey Wolf, Grey Sea
  • Once the young men had surveyed the young women and had decided that amorous dalliance was what Tom described as a non-starter, the possible advantage of having two cars at their disposal had disappeared, so when, earlier that afternoon, Fiona had approached him with her offer, he had accepted it. —  Death of a Burrowing Mole - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 62
  • We're a long way from the day when the United States could reasonably be described as a non-religious nation. —  Darwiniana
  • Israel was described as a non-viable state reliant for its existence upon violence and foreign military aid and merely a temporary occupation force within "Holy Palestine". —  Blazing Cat Fur
  • I don't want Brazil to be known as a non-compliant of the Hague Treaty, or any other treaty for that matter. —  Home
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  1. ME, non, noon, from Old French (and F.) non = Spanish no = Portuguese não = Italian no, from Latin non, Old Latin nenum, nenu, noenum, noenu, not, orig. ne oinom (ne ūnum), from ne, not, + oinom, ūnum, accusative of oinos, ūnus = English one. See none, which is cognate with L, non, and with which rare Middle English non, adv., seems to have merged.
 

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