Many faces of a deer? Because the word 'deer'was originally quite broad in meaning but became more specific over time. In Middle English 'der' meant a wild animal of any kind (as opposed to 'cattle', which meant any domestic livestock)By end of the Middle English period around 1500, the general sense had all but disappreared.....:)
Many faces of a deer? Because the word 'deer'was originally quite broad in meaning but became more specific over time. In Middle English 'der' meant a wild animal of any kind (as opposed to 'cattle', which meant any domestic livestock)By end of the Middle English period around 1500, the general sense had all but disappreared.....:)
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