deer

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[edit] English

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A deer (1)

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From Middle English der (small animal, deer), from Old English dēor (animal), from Proto-Germanic *deuzan, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeusóm ‘living thing’ (compare Albanian dash ‘ram’, Lithuanian pl. daũsos ‘upper air; heaven’), from *dʰeus- ‘breath’ (compare Lithuanian dùsti ‘to sigh’, Russian душа (dušá) ‘breath, spirit’), full-grade derivative of *dʰu̯ésmi (compare Lithuanian dvėsti ‘to breathe, exhale’, Russian dvochat' ‘to cough’, Sanskrit dhvaṁsati ‘he falls to dust’). For semantic development compare Latin animalis ‘animal’, from anima ‘breath, spirit’.

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deer (plural deer or dated and rare, deers)

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  1. (zoology) a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
    I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
  2. The meat of such an animal
    Oh I've never had deer before.
  3. (archaic) Any animal, especially a mammal.
    But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year. -Shakespeare, King Lear. Act III. Sc. IV.

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deer

  1. first-person singular present indicative of deren.
  2. imperative of deren.

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From Germanic *deuzom, from Indo-European *dheusom. Cognate with English deer (Old English dēor), Dutch dier, German Tier, Swedish djur; and with Lithuanian dvēsti, Russian душа (dušá).

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deer n.

  1. pet
  2. (obsolete) beast, animal

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Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative deer deer deerke deerkes
Genitive deers deer deerkes deerkes
Locative daer daer daerke daerkes
Dative¹ daerem daerer  ?  ?
Accusative¹ deer  ? deerke deerkes
  • Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
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