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noun
An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh2tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrinabor. English madrina Borrowed from Spanish madrina.
