Jennet

//ˈdʒɛnɪt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
  2. 2
    female donkey wordnet
  3. 3
    A small Spanish horse.

    "Richmondʼs black jennet [...] is a gleaming and well-muscled creature of Spanish breed."

Etymology

From Late Middle English genet, from Old French genet, from Old Catalan genet or Old Spanish ginete (“small fast horse; light horseman”), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanātī), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati.

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