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Definitions
Small weasels, or their white winter fur used as trimming.
Word origin
Attested in this form (with s) since at least 1562, in Legh's Accedens of Armorie, which defines it ("Sable poudred with Argent, … Ermines is his proper name") and contrasts it with both ermine and erminois. Related to ermine, but the derivation is unclear; the OED suggests "possibly [from] OF. herminès, pl. of herminet" (a supposed diminutive of hermine); modern French calls the fur contre-hermine.
Used in a sentence
“He beareth Or, a Cheuron Checkey Ermin & Ermines.”
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