GAINPAIN

PRONUNCIATION: (GAYN-payn)

MEANING: noun:
1. A long thick glove: gauntlet.
2. A hired soldier: mercenary.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French gaignepain (literally, wins the bread), from gagner (to win or earn) + pain (bread). Earliest documented use: 1430.
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GAINSPAIN - conquer Iberia

GAINPAIR - adopt twins

GAISPAIN - joli, in France