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leveret

[ lev-er-it ]

noun

  1. a young hare.


leveret

/ ˈlɛvərɪt; -vrɪt /

noun

  1. a young hare, esp one less than one year old
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of leveret1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of levre, Old French lievre, from Latin leporem, accusative of lepus “hare”; -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of leveret1

C15: from Norman French levrete, diminutive of levre, from Latin lepus hare
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Example Sentences

"Perhaps the weasel only killed the leveret for your good," he said presently.

He procured a leveret, and reared it to beat several marches on the drum with its hind-legs, until it became a good stout hare.

But do you know, I could send you to prison for providing this excellent leveret at this time of year.

Here, one starry April night, in a snug “form” prepared by the mother hare, a leveret was born.

During the late summer and the early autumn, nothing occurred to endanger the leveret's life.

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