venison

[ ven-uh-suhn, -zuhn ]

noun
  1. the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.

Origin of venison

1
1250–1300; Middle English ven(a)ison<Old French veneison, venaison<Latin vēnātiōn (stem of vēnātiō hunting), equivalent to vēnāt(us) (see venatic) + -iōn--ion

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British Dictionary definitions for venison

venison

/ (ˈvɛnɪzən, -sən) /


noun
  1. the flesh of a deer, used as food

  2. archaic the flesh of any game animal used for food

Origin of venison

1
C13: from Old French venaison, from Latin vēnātiō hunting, from vēnārī to hunt

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