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a large herd of reindeer
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In 1874, when a friend suggested that Hagenbeck display Indigenous Sami herders alongside his next shipment of Scandinavian reindeer, the impresario needed no convincing.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Rangers and Junior Rangers went out to watch a large herd of reindeer north of Inuvik.
—Gavin John, New York Times, 31 May 2025
In 2016, a sudden outbreak of anthrax in the Yamal Peninsula — linked to the thawed carcass of an infected reindeer — left dozens ill and killed a child.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
As the name suggests, Star VII was the seventh reindeer in the line of succession.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Rangers and Junior Rangers went out to watch a large herd of reindeer north of Inuvik.
—Gavin John, New York Times, 31 May 2025
In 2016, a sudden outbreak of anthrax in the Yamal Peninsula — linked to the thawed carcass of an infected reindeer — left dozens ill and killed a child.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
As the name suggests, Star VII was the seventh reindeer in the line of succession.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reindeer
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“Reindeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reindeer. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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reindeer
noun
rein·deer
ˈrān-ˌdi(ə)r 
plural reindeer also reindeers
: caribou
—used especially for one of the Old World
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