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ginnet

ginnet is the archaic form of jennet.

Meaning of jennet

Noun

jennet (plural jennets)

  1. A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
  2. A small Spanish horse.
    • Richmondʼs black jennet [...] is a gleaming and well-muscled creature of Spanish breed.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 230

Forms of ginnet

pluralginnets

Questions about ginnet

What is ginnet the archaic form of?
Ginnet is the archaic form of jennet.

Words near ginnet in the dictionary

  1. ginnels
  2. ginner
  3. ginneries
  4. ginners
  5. ginnery
  6. ginnet
  7. ginnets
  8. Ginnette
  9. ginney
  10. ginneys
  11. Ginni

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ginnet (page history and authors); jennet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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