cattle
A herd of cattle on a farm
Meaning
Noun
- Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).
- Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
- People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
- chattel
Related
Similar words
- beef, Bos , bovine, cattlebeast, cattlehead,
- sheeple
Origin
- From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel ("personal property"), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis ("of the head") (whence also capital, from caput + -alis). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee.
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