pullenEtymologyFrom Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet.nameA surname.noundomestic fowl; poultry“The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen”the meat from a domestic fowlthe young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children