What is the meaning of Kern?

A corn; grain; kernel.

The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest.

The harvest home.

A doll or figurine raised in celebration of a successful harvest; kern-baby.

Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.

To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules.

A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.

A boor; a low person.

An idler; a vagabond.

Alternative form of quern

A churn.

nucleus, physical core

nucleus (of an atom)

nuclear -

core (of the Earth, or any other celestial body)

the essence, core, crux of something

kernel (of a function)

settlement, built-up area

party cell; group of activists of a political party at neighbourhood or village level

woodkern, boor.

(Belgium; with indefinite article) A committee of senior politicians; select committee

(Belgium; with definite article and/or capitalised) The cabinet consisting of the Prime Minister of Belgium and their deputies

soldier, infantryman, yeoman

pawn

Source: wiktionary.org