hart

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\ ˈhärt

Definition of hart

chiefly British

: the male of the red deer especially when over five years old : stag — compare hind

Examples of hart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One side of the exterior (featuring the royal arms of France and England) suffers from water damage; the other pictures a white hart with crown and chains, the king’s personal emblem, sitting on rosemary branches. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Each wears a badge: the hart that is the king’s personal symbol—hardly an ecclesiastical motif. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020

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History and Etymology for hart

Middle English hert, going back to Old English heorot, heort "hart, stag," going back to Germanic *heruta- "horned animal" (whence also Old Saxon hirut "stag," Old High German hiruz, hirz "deer, red deer, stag," Old Norse hjǫrtr), from *her- "horn" (going back to Indo-European *ḱer-) + *-uta-, suffix of animal names — more at horn