Usually means: Biblical figure, first son, murderer.
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  1. Cain: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Cain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Cain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. Cain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  12. Cain: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Cain (Battlestar Galactica), Cain (band), Cain (disambiguation), Cain (novel), Cain (play), Cain (software), Cain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. cain-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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  1. Cain: Sound Alike Words

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Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cain: Easton Bible
  2. Cain: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Cain, Cain: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cain: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Cain: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cain)

noun:  (biblical) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.
noun:  (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  Alternative form of kain [(Scots law) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.]

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