Prancer
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person or animal (especially a horse) that prances.
- 2 a mettlesome or fiery horse wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The third reindeer of Santa Claus.
Example
More examples"When Christmas Eve came he’d harness up his reindeers, Dasher, and Prancer, and Vixen, and the rest of them, and wrap himself up in furs, and light his big pipe, and cram his sled full of the doll-babies and Noah’s arks, and all the other toys he’d been making, and off he’d go with a great shout and tremendous ringing of sleigh-bells."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From prance + -er.
Etymology 2
First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. From prancer.
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