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Definition of Cheremis

1. Noun. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.

2. Noun. The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheremis

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cheques chequy cher Cherbourg chere Cheremis Cheremiss Cherepovets cherimolla cherimoya

cherimoyas cherimoya tree cherish cherishable cherished cherisher cherishers cherishes cherishing Chermidae

Literary usage of Cheremis

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1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"But these instances hardly explain marriage with capture. Georgi (Descrip., i, 71) describes the capture of girls among the cheremis and ..."

2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"But these instances hardly explain marriage with capture. Georgi {Descrip., \, 71) describes the capture of girls among the cheremis and ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... Hungarian, as well as Lappish, Finnish, cheremis, Mordvin, and Samojed, belongs to the Ural group of languages, and further, together with Turkish and ..."

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