fesaunt

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós).

Pronunciation

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Noun

fesaunt (plural fesauntis)

  1. A pheasant (bird of family Phasianidae)
  2. The meat of this bird as food.

Descendants

  • English: pheasant
    • Welsh: ffesant
  • Scots: pheasant

References