Meaning
A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot. Cognates Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow”), Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), κορυφή (koruphḗ, “summit, crown of the head”), κορύπτω (korúptō, “to butt with horns”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, “horn; claw, talon”), Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá, “mythical antelope”). More at horn.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 16 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-07-22TACDHKR
- 2026-02-15AGTRIPH
- 2025-12-16TWARNHO
- 2025-11-16RALIGHT
- 2025-03-01TAYRHDN
- 2024-11-11HADPROT
- 2024-10-22AUCTRIH
- 2024-10-15HTAROMB
- 2024-09-27AHYWTRO
- 2024-09-05RATGFHU
- 2024-08-19HYATPOR
- 2024-07-20HACIORT
+4 earlier appearances in the archive.