<zoology> A stag; the male of the red deer. See Buck.

"Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind." (Milton)

Origin: OE.hart, hert, heort, AS. Heort, heorot; akin to D. Hert, OHG. Hiruz, hirz, G. Hirsch, Icel. Hjortr, Dan. & Sw. Hjort, L. Cervus.

(06 Mar 1998)

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