Bambi

1. A female given name.

1. A surname from Italian.

plural Bambis

1. colloquialA deer, especially a fawn.

   Gore’s dad took him deer-hunting, says aide Jano Cabrero, but didn’t know if the veep ever bagged a Bambi.

   2000 July 16, Deborah Orin, “Pundits: Would Al Eat George’s Lunch on ‘Survivor’?”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2024

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   Deer graze the lawns of the historic estate at Wawona and of the golf course across the road. Remember that these graceful “Bambis” are wild animals with sharp hooves and antlers.

   1992, Pamela Hegarty, “Yosemite National Park”, in Paula Consolo, editor, Fodor’s National Parks of the West, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 386, columns 1–2

   But mostly I saw herds of white-spotted deer called chital, gentle Bambis whose sweet vulnerability makes them key players in the forest drama.

   2000 May 7, Lynn Sherr, “The Maharajah Wore Stripes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2025

   Instead of lounging on a sandy beach, Björk and Barney split their time between Iceland and New York, where Barney has an apartment downtown and Björk owns a house upstate “in the forest, with the Bambis.”

   2005 November 28, Luke Crisell, “New Björk”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2006

   Parents today, apparently, don’t want their kids out in the wilds, where they might walk in the paths of potentially tick-bearing Bambis.

   2006 July 20, Judith Warner, “Loosen the Apron Strings”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2018

   In nature, predators limit deer populations, but the top predator in these parts won’t put up with wolves or other deer-killers — and urban liberal sensibilities quail at just shooting the Bambis.

   2018 April 3, Post Editorial Board, “The birds and the bees are bucking NYC’s deer-control program”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2018

1. A town in Huíla, Angola.

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