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Twain

Twain [tweyn] noun

Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

Clemens [klem-uh nz] noun

RogerWilliam Roger ClemensThe Rocket, born 1962, U.S. baseball pitcher.
Samuel Lang·horne [lang-hawrn, -ern] /ˈlæŋ hɔrn, -ərn/, Mark Twain, 1835–1910, U.S. author and humorist.

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Samuel Langhorne (ˈlæŋˌhɔːn)See Twain

twain determiner, noun

an archaic word for two

Word Origin for twain Old English twēgen; related to Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne, Old Norse tveir, Gothic twai Twain noun

Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens . 1835–1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
Shania (ʃəˈnaɪə), real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995) Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002)

Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for mark twain twain

Old English twegen (masc.) “two” (masc. nominative and accusative), from Proto-Germanic *twa- (see two). The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of two, especially in cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV and the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it is a useful rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not to or too is meant.