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/stag"euhrd/, n.a four-year-old male red deer.Also, staggart /stag"euhrt/.[1350-1400; ME; see STAG, -ARD]
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Staggard — Stag gard ( g[ e]rd), n. [From {Stag}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The male red deer when four years old. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
staggard — (n.) stag in its fourth year, c.1400, from STAG (Cf. stag) + ARD (Cf. ard) … Etymology dictionary
staggard — [stag′ərd] n. [ME stagard: see STAG & ARD] a hart in its fourth year … English World dictionary
Staggard — A male red deer in its fourth year. Cf. Brocket … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
staggard — stag·gard … English syllables
staggard — … Useful english dictionary
stag|gart — «STAG uhrt», noun. = staggard. (Cf. ↑staggard) … Useful english dictionary
Brocket — Male red deer in its second year. The 13c Latin form was brokettus. [< MdEngl. broach = a stag s first antlers] Cf. Staggard … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
-ard — suffix. 1 forming nouns in depreciatory senses (drunkard; sluggard). 2 forming nouns in other senses (bollard; Spaniard; wizard). Etymology: ME & OF f. G hard hardy (in proper names) * * * ə(r)d or, in a few loan words from French (as… … Useful english dictionary
staggart — noun see staggard … Useful english dictionary
