Standard Lemma guide

brocket

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbɹɒkɪt/
  • rhymes with -ɒkɪt

1

name

Meaning 1

A city and village in North Dakota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A brocket deer, a member of genus Mazama, of short-horned deer of the tropical Americas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

male red deer in its second year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus

5

noun

Meaning 5

small South American deer with unbranched antlers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deer, cervid

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French brocart, broquart.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: spidsbuk — young stag with straight horns
  • French: daguet — young stag with straight horns
  • Polish: dwuletni jeleń z prostymi rogami — young stag with straight horns
  • Catalan: mazama — deer of genus Mazama
  • Finnish: piikkokauris — deer of genus Mazama
  • German: Spießhirsch — deer of genus Mazama
  • Hungarian: nyársasszarvas — deer of genus Mazama
  • Polish: mazama — deer of genus Mazama
  • Spanish: corzuela — deer of genus Mazama