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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dunce

· IPA /dʌns/
01 n. One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
  1. 1.
    One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
    “I never knew this town without dunces of figure.” Swift.