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- [red deer]
- /rɛd dɪər/
- /red dɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [red deer]
- /rɛd dɪər/
Definitions of red deer words
- noun red deer a city in S central Alberta, in W Canada. 1
- noun red deer a large deer, Cervus elaphus, formerly widely distributed in the woodlands of Europe and Asia. The coat is reddish-brown in summer and the short tail is surrounded by a patch of light-coloured hair 0
- noun red deer a town in S Alberta on the Red Deer River: trade centre for mixed farming, dairying region, and natural gas processing. Pop: 67 707 (2001) 0
- noun red deer a river in W Canada, in SW Alberta, flowing southeast into the South Saskatchewan River. Length: about 620 km (385 miles) 0
- noun red deer a river in W Canada, flowing east through Red Deer Lake into Lake Winnipegosis. Length: about 225 km (140 miles) 0
- noun red deer city in SC Alberta, Canada: pop. 60,000 0
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Origin of red deer
First appearance:
before 1425 One of the 25% oldest English words
late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Red deer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
red deer popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.