Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who tends deer; a keeper; a forester.

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Examples

  • 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.

    See Us in the Funny Pages 2008

  • The equestrian committee is responding to deer-population-growth issues and deer-herd rural sprawl.

    Masters of the Hunt P. J. O'Rourke 2005

  • The equestrian committee is responding to deer-population-growth issues and deer-herd rural sprawl.

    Masters of the Hunt P. J. O'Rourke 2005

  • Through the deer-herd to stroke the snow-white fawn

    Act II 1909

  • Through the deer-herd to stroke the snow-white fawn

    A Blot in the 'Scutcheon Robert Browning 1850

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