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The definition of a goat is a hollow horned, bearded wild or domesticated animal with hooves, or a person who takes the blame for others.
(noun)An example of a goat is the animal producing milk from which chèvre cheese is made.
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See goat in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- pl. goats or goat
- any of a genus (Capra) of wild or domesticated bovid ruminants with hollow horns
- ☆ Rocky Mountain goat
- a lecherous man
- ☆ Informal a person forced to take the blame or punishment for others; scapegoat
Origin: ME gote < OE gat, akin to Du geit, Ger geiss < IE base *ghaido-, he-goat > L haedus, kid goat
See goat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of various hollow-horned, bearded ruminant mammals of the genus Capra, originally of mountainous areas of the Old World, especially any of the domesticated forms of C. hircus, raised for wool, milk, and meat.
- A lecherous man.
- A scapegoat.
- Goat See Capricorn.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English got
Origin: , from Old English gāt
.Related Forms:
- goatˈish adjective
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