Monday, November 26, 2012

Deer

 

Deer Photograph

The word "deer" was originally broad in meaning, but became more specific over time. In Middle English der meant a wild animal of any kind. This was as opposed to cattle, which then meant any sort of domestic livestock that was easy to collect and remove from the land, from the idea of personal-property ownershipand related to modern chattel  and capital.

 

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