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Meaning of reynard | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈɹɛnə(ɹ)d/

Definitions

  1. A male given name.
  2. A fox.
    dialectal
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. A name in European folklore for the red fox.
    literary, poetic
  5. A locality in the Shire of Wellington and the Shire of Mansfield, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Equivalents

Français Renart
Italiano Renart
日本語 ルナール
Nederlands Reinaart Reintje
Русский Рена́р

Examples

“Reynard, in his thieving rambles, one night the summer before last visited the pleasure-gardens in Cornbury Park, and there he found and carried off a hen pheasant while sitting on her nest. The same evening a barn-door hen, with a nide of pheasants also disappeared.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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