fesaunt
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós).
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Noun edit
fesaunt (plural fesauntis)
- A pheasant (bird of family Phasianidae)
- The meat of this bird as food.
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References edit
- “fē̆saunt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-23.