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Definition of jennet in English: jennetnoun ˈdʒɛnɪtˈdʒɛnət 1A kind of small Spanish horse. Example sentencesExamples - The two cousins and their jennet symbolically parallel the uneasy relations between colonial tourist and colonized native.
- We've got spotted hyena, cheetah, some of the smaller carnivores, jennets and things like that.
- Meanwhile, in Rome, on ‘a bright winter's day the [victorious] Mercantorio Colonna entered the city on a white jennet.’
2A female donkey. Example sentencesExamples - For example, a single female donkey (or jennet in technical terms) can be used for sheep or goat protection.
- A female donkey mated with a male horse creates a hinny or jennet.
- Once the jennet is introduced into a sheep/goat herd it undergoes a bonding stage.
Origin Late Middle English: via French from Spanish jinete 'light horseman', from Spanish Arabic Zenāta, the name of a Berber people famous for horsemanship. Rhymes Bennett, genet, rennet, senate, sennet, sennit, tenet Definition of jennet in US English: jennetnounˈdʒɛnətˈjenət 1A kind of small Spanish horse. Example sentencesExamples - We've got spotted hyena, cheetah, some of the smaller carnivores, jennets and things like that.
- The two cousins and their jennet symbolically parallel the uneasy relations between colonial tourist and colonized native.
- Meanwhile, in Rome, on ‘a bright winter's day the [victorious] Mercantorio Colonna entered the city on a white jennet.’
2A female donkey. Example sentencesExamples - For example, a single female donkey (or jennet in technical terms) can be used for sheep or goat protection.
- Once the jennet is introduced into a sheep/goat herd it undergoes a bonding stage.
- A female donkey mated with a male horse creates a hinny or jennet.
Origin Late Middle English: via French from Spanish jinete ‘light horseman’, from Spanish Arabic Zenāta, the name of a Berber people famous for horsemanship. |