weanern.
/ˈwiːnə/, U.S. /ˈwinər/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > one in charge of young person
creancer?1478
weaner1578
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 51v Plato..admonished all nurses and weaners of youth, that they should [etc.].
2. A calf or lamb weaned during the current year; also, a pig or any other animal weaned during the current year. Also attributive. Cf. weanyer n. originally Australian and New Zealand.
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the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > young
new-fallena1618
yeanling1658
squab1706
subadult1844
weaner1865
the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal > that is suckled > weaned > during current year
weaner1865
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > calf > [noun] > weaned
wean-calf1618
bud1662
weaner1865
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young > weaned
shoat1413
speaning1536
weaner1865
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > newly weaned
weaner1865
1865 R. Henning Let. 19 Aug. (1966) 208 He takes the heaviest flock of all, 2,200 weaners.
1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion I. 137 These are the weaners to be looked after.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xi Wether, hogget, ewe, weaner.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xi You won't have that weaner flock drafted before breakfast.
1928 Daily Express 3 Feb. 5/2 Instruction is given in..the rearing of calves for stock, for market as ‘weaners’, and for sale as veal.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 63/1 Pigs sold as weaners through saleyards.
1958 Times 29 Sept. 2/7 Though weaner prices fell..during 1957/58, high prices for fat pigs are still reflected in the store market.
1969 T. West in R. Blythe Akenfield xi. 179 I want to produce weaner-pigs... Are you interested?
1981–2 Deer Farmer (N.Z.) Summer 10/3 The trial of disbudding of 80 to 100 weaner bucks will start in March next year.
1981–2 Deer Farmer (N.Z.) Summer 16/2 A herd of 300 New Zealand wapiti and wapiti-red hybrid females, is run at Criffel, along with 200 bulls, and 30 male and 30 female New Zealand wapiti weaners.
1984 N.Z. Farmer 12 Apr. 12/1 The cattle policy is to winter all weaners.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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