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raindeer

raindeer is the obsolete spelling of reindeer.

Meaning of reindeer

Noun

reindeer (plural reindeer or reindeers)

  1. (plural) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
    • Santa Claus' sleigh is supposedly pulled by nine reindeer
  2. (plural) Any species, subspecies, ecotype, or other scientific grouping of such animals.

See all 3 meanings of reindeer

Forms of raindeer

pluralraindeers
pluralraindeer

Questions about raindeer

What is raindeer the obsolete spelling of?
Raindeer is the obsolete spelling of reindeer.

Words near raindeer in the dictionary

  1. Raincouver
  2. raincover
  3. raincovers
  4. raindate
  5. raindates
  6. raindeer
  7. raindeers
  8. raindrift
  9. raindrifts
  10. raindrop
  11. raindrop cake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: raindeer (page history and authors); reindeer (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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