venison

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English

Venison steaks

Etymology

From Middle English venisoun, venesoun, from Anglo-Norman veneisun, venesoun, venesun (“meat of large game, particularly deer or boar; hunt”), from Latin vēnātiō, vēnātiōnem (“hunt; meat from a hunt”), formed on vēnātus, perfect participle of vēnor (“I hunt”). Doublet of venatio and venation.

Pronunciation

Noun

venison (countable and uncountable, plural venisons)

  1. The meat of a deer.
    After shooting a deer, field dressing is the next step necessary for high quality venison.
  2. (South Africa) The meat of an antelope.
    • 2007, Gregory Simon Bull, Marketing fresh venison in the Eastern Cape Province using a niche marketing strategy (thesis), page xcix
  3. (obsolete) The meat of any wild animal that has been hunted rather than raised domestically.

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Further reading

  • “venison”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vēnātiō, vēnātiōnem.

Noun

venison oblique singular, f (oblique plural venisons, nominative singular venison, nominative plural venisons)

  1. game (animal to be hunted)
  2. meat from a hunted animal

Descendants

  • French: venaison
  • → English: venison
  • → Dutch: venezoen, venizoen

See also

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (venaison, supplement)
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