jennet

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jennet

/ˈdʒɛnɪt/

Sounds like genet · Rhymes with -ɛnɪt

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From Late Middle English genet, from Old French genet, from Old Catalan genet or Old Spanish ginete (“small fast horse; light horseman”), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanātī), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati.

noun jennets · genet · ginnet · gennet · jinnet

A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
A small Spanish horse. Richmondʼs black jennet [...] is a gleaming and well-muscled creature of Spanish breed.

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"jennet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jennet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"jennet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jennet.

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@misc{jennet_2026,
  title = {jennet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jennet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}