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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛːˈza(u̯)nt/, /fɛˈza(u̯)nt/, /ˈfɛːza(u̯)nt/, /ˈfɛza(u̯)nt/, /-a(u̯)n/
Noun
fesaunt (plural fesauntis)
- A pheasant (bird of family Phasianidae)
- The meat of this bird as food.
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