jennet
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French genet, from French genest (“small Spanish horse”), from Old Spanish ginete (“small fast horse”, also “light horseman”) (Spanish jinete), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati.
Noun
jennet (plural jennets)
- A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
- A small Spanish horse.
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 230:
- Richmondʼs black jennet [...] is a gleaming and well-muscled creature of Spanish breed.
Derived terms
Translations
jenny — see jenny
small Spanish horse
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References
- “jennet”, in Collins English Dictionary.