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Jute
Jute [ joot ] (plural Jutes)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of Germanic people: a member of a Germanic people from around the Rhine estuary who invaded southeastern England during the fifth century ad. They settled in Kent and the Isle of Wight, where they soon became the dominant people.
[Pre-12th century. < Latin Jutae< Germanic]

Jutish adjective
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