Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who tends deer; a keeper; a forester.
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Examples
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Two winters ago, in a neighboring state, The Fish And Game Department decided to prevent the northern most deer-herd from starving to death in the snow banks by dropping them baled hay from a C-130.
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The equestrian committee is responding to deer-population-growth issues and deer-herd rural sprawl.
Masters of the Hunt P. J. O'Rourke 2005
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The equestrian committee is responding to deer-population-growth issues and deer-herd rural sprawl.
Masters of the Hunt P. J. O'Rourke 2005
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Through the deer-herd to stroke the snow-white fawn
Act II 1909
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Through the deer-herd to stroke the snow-white fawn
A Blot in the 'Scutcheon Robert Browning 1850
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