Meaning

noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)

noun United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943)

noun a male deer, especially an adult male red deer

originFrom Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot. Cognates Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”),…

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