Heifer Definition

hĕfər
heifers
noun
A young cow, esp. one that has not yet borne a calf.
Webster's New World

(slang) An ugly or objectionable woman; a cow.

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Noun

Singular:
heifer
Plural:
heifers

Origin of Heifer

  • Middle English hayfare, hayfre, from Old English heahfore, hēahfre, compound of (1) *heag- (“mating”) (compare dialectal German Hagen, Hegel (“breeding bull”), Middle Dutch haechdroese (“genitals”), Old English hagan (“id.”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“to be able, help”) (compare Sanskrit [script?] (śaknóti, “to be able”), Avestan [script?] (sak-, “to agree”)) and (2) -fore (compare English elver, fieldfare, Old English sceolfor (“cormorant”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hēahfore perə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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