staggart

staggart noun: a four-year-old male deer, identified by having three-pronged antlers.

Noun

staggart (plural staggarts)

A four-year-old male deer, identified by having three-pronged antlers.
- Now the antler'd monarch springs From his lair in tangled glade ; Now through waken'd forest rings Echo with the music made ; Now the bass of manly throat (As the bounding staggart flies) Mingles with the softer note, As some dame or maiden tries With her silv'ry voice to cheer Laggard hound, who...1876, James Harris, Logs for the Christmas fire, page 79
- Over came all the herd, one by one, hinds and calves, “brockets” and “staggarts,” then the “warrantable deer,” the rear brought up by a magnificent old stag.1888, The Christian Union - Volume 37, page 10

Stumberleap reared up on his hind legs, then plunged down his head, and his antlers rattled against the antlers of the staggart.1937, A Century of Nature Stories, page 535:
I feel like an old stag squired by a staggart: but as Windles and the fan get on happily together, all is well.1938, Henry Williamson, Goodbye, West Country, page 212:

plural	staggarts
alternative form	staggard

What does staggart mean?: Staggart means a four-year-old male deer, identified by having three-pronged antlers.
How do you use staggart in a sentence?: Stumberleap reared up on his hind legs, then plunged down his head, and his antlers rattled against the antlers of the staggart.
What part of speech is staggart?: Staggart is a noun.
What is the plural of staggart?: The plural of staggart is staggarts.

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