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Loyal Order of Moose

–noun
See under moose (def. 2).

moose

[moos]
–noun, plural moose.
1. a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
2. (initial capital letter) a member of a fraternal and benevolent organization (Loyal Order of Moose).

Origin:
1595–1605, Americanism; < Eastern Abenaki mos, reinforced by cognates in other Algonquian languages, all < Proto-Algonquian *mo˙swa
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