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ven⋅i⋅son

  [ven-uh-suhn, -zuhn]
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–noun
the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME ven(a)ison < OF veneison, venaison < L vēnātiōn (s. of vēnātiō hunting), equiv. to vēnāt(us) (see venatic ) + -iōn- -ion
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ven·i·son   (věn'ĭ-sən, -zən)   
n.  

  1. The flesh of a deer used as food.

  2. Archaic The flesh of a game animal used as food.


[Middle English veneson, from Old French, from Latin vēnātiō, vēnātiōn-, hunting, from vēnātus, past participle of vēnārī, to hunt; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

venison 
c.1290, from O.Fr. venesoun "meat of large game," especially deer or boar, also "a hunt," from L. venationem (nom. venatio) "a hunt," also "game as the product of the hunt," from venatus, p.p. of venari "to hunt, pursue," probably from PIE base *wen- "to strive after" (cf. Skt. veti "follows after," Avestan vayeiti "hunts," Lith. veju "to hunt, pursue," O.C.S. voji "warrior," O.E. waþ "hunting," O.N. veiðr "chase, hunting, fishing;" see Venus).
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venison

(from Latin venatus, "to hunt"), the meat from any kind of deer; originally, the term referred to any kind of edible game

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