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Definition of Chosen

1. Noun. One who is the object of choice; who is given preference. "She was Mama's chosen"

2. Noun. The name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945).

3. Noun. An exclusive group of people. "One of the elect who have power inside the government"

Definition of Chosen

1. p. p. Selected from a number; picked out; choice.

2. n. One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.

Definition of Chosen

1. Verb. (past participle of choose) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chosen

1. choose [v] - See also: choose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chosen

chortles chortling chorus chorus frog chorus girl chorus line chorused choruses chorusing choruslike

chorussed chorusses chorussing chose chose jugée chosen (current term) chosen aggression principle chosen people chosenness choses

choses jugées choss chota chotahazri chotchke chott chotts chou chough choughs

Literary usage of Chosen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"When the remains have been laid in the earth, some man of known ability and high reputation, chosen by the city, delivers a suitable oration over them ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The rheostats are of the* enameled type, chosen because of their being ... The first step, and the sum of all the steps, being chosen in accordance with ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He consented to be chosen for Salisbury, 16 March 1713-14, in succession to his son, who had died in the preceding September. In 1686 he had purchased a ..."

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