Word: beguines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: be
guines
Definition: Plural of beguine; a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life
Morphemes:
Affix: beguine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: béguine
Language: fr
Decoded: beguine
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Beguine (member of a semimonastic Christian lay religious order)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).