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Definition deer
Etymology
From Middle English deere, dere, der, dier, deor (“small animal, deer”), from Old English d?or (“animal”), from Proto-Germanic *deuz?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewsóm (“living thing”), from *d?éws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *d?wés-.
Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“deer”), North Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), West Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), Dutch dier (“animal, beast”), German Low German Deer, Deert (“animal”), German Tier (“animal, beast”), Swedish djur (“animal, beast”), Norwegian dyr (“animal”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”).
Related also to Albanian dash (“ram”), Lithuanian da?sos (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian ????? (dušá, “breath, spirit”), Lithuanian dv?sti (“to breathe, exhale”), Sanskrit ??????? (dhva?sati, “he falls to dust”).
For semantic development compare Latin anim?lis (“animal”), from anima (“breath, spirit”).
Noun
deer (plural deer or (nonstandard) deers)
- a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
- (in particular) one of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
- the meat of such an animal; venison.
- (obsolete, except in the phrase "small deer") an animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
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