Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A male lanner falcon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The male of Falco lanarius and some related falcons. See
lanner .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male
lanner , smaller than thefemale .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English laneret, from Old French, diminutive of lanier, lanner; see lanner.]
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Examples
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We have also the lanner and the lanneret, the tersel and the goshawk, the musket and the sparhawk, the jack and the hobby, and finally some
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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We have also the lanner and the lanneret, the tersel and the goshawk, the musket and the sparhawk, the jack and the hobby, and finally some (though very few) marleons.
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