Hart (?), n. [OE.hart, hert, heort, AS. heort, heorot; akin to D. hert, OHG. hiruz, hirz, G. hirsch, Icel. hjortr, Dan. & Sw. hjort, L. cervus, and prob. to Gr. horned, horn. . See Horn.] Zool.

A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.

Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. Milton.

 

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