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heifers

heifers is the plural of heifer.

Meaning of heifer

Noun

heifer (plural heifers)

  1. A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.
    • And the Lord ſpake vnto Moſes and vnto Aaron, ſaying, This is the ordinance of the Law, which the Lord hath commaunded, ſaying, Speak vnto the childꝛen of Iſrael, that they bꝛing thee a red heifer without ſpot, wherein is no blemiſh, and vpon which neuer came yoke.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 19:1–2
  2. (obsolete) A wife.
    • Her, whom I shall choose for my heicfar.1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...
  3. (derogatory, slang) An unattractive or unpleasant woman.
    • I have half a mind to marry that heifer, tho' wives are bothersome critters when you have too many of them.1853, T.C. Haliburton, Sam Slick's Wise Saws, volume II, page 282

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Questions about heifers

What is heifers the plural of?
Heifers is the plural of heifer.

Words near heifers in the dictionary

  1. heiferbud
  2. heiferbuds
  3. heiferette
  4. heiferettes
  5. heiferhood
  6. heifers
  7. Heifner
  8. Heifners
  9. HEIFs
  10. heigait
  11. heigh

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