Reindeer Definition

rāndîr
reindeers
noun
reindeers
Any of a genus (Rangifer) of large deer, including the caribou, with branching antlers in both sexes, found in northern regions: it is domesticated as a beast of burden and as a source of milk, meat, and leather.
Webster's New World
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other

Caribou.

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Origin of Reindeer

  • Middle English reindere Old Norse hreinn reindeer ker-1 in Indo-European roots Middle English der animal deer

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

  • From Middle English, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer"), from hreinn + dýr (“animal").

    From Wiktionary

Reindeer Sentence Examples

  • Domesticated reindeer have also been introduced into Alaska.

  • The Russian Lapps are also for the most part fishers, as is natural in a district with such an extent of coast and such a number of lakes, not to mention the advantage which the fisher has over the reindeer keeper in connexion with the many fasts of the Greek Church.

  • Reindeer were introduced in 1770.

  • Reindeer, followed by wolves, come also every year to the islands; the polar fox and polar bear, both feeding on the lemmings, are numerous.

  • A conventional reindeer can run tops, 15 miles per hr.

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