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DOE

UK/dəʊ/ US/doʊ/ fairly common us

noun

1.

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

Synonyms
2.

mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck''

Origin

From Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”), from Old English dā, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Middle Scots da, dae (“female fallow deer”), Danish då (“fallow deer”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.

Phrases

  • blue doe
  • doe eyes
  • doe party

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