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Definition of He-goat
1. Noun. Male goat.
Definition of He-goat
1. Noun. a male goat; billygoat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of He-goat
Literary usage of He-goat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Thus, when a stranger passes a harvest-field, all the labourers stop and shout
as with one voice, " he-goat! he-goat! " At rape-seed threshing in Schleswig, ..."
2. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"Of the Hebrew words which are translated goal, and she-goat in AV, the moat
Long-cared Syrian goat. common is 'ez, which denotes either a he-goat or u ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"MHG toe, a he-goat : cognate with E. buck. See Buck. ^f This etymology is
sufficient, as names of stuffs were very loosely applied. ..."
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