Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dairy goat of a breed developed in Switzerland, having a short-haired white or cream-colored coat.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A breed of light-colored short-haired dairy goats.
  • noun An animal of this breed.
  • proper noun a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Saanen, a town of southwest Switzerland.]

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Examples

  • She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.

    Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008

  • The estate has 750 Saanen goats and some of these are allowed access to the tower.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Johnson has 34 Saanen milk goats that use the tower.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Ms. Nichols ' s cheeses are a blend of milks from heritage breed cows, Ayrshire and Kerry, heritage breed Arapawa goats and common Saanen goats.

    Crop of Small Dairies Hits Market Melanie Grayce West 2010

  • The milk is sourced from a mainly Saanen Goat herd while non-animal rennet is used in the cheese-making process.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Haalo 2008

  • The milk is sourced from a mainly Saanen Goat herd while non-animal rennet is used in the cheese-making process.

    Udder Delights Haalo 2008

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