weaner

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noun

An animal that has been recently weaned.

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Meanings

nounweaner (plural weaners)

plural weaners

  1. An animal that has been recently weaned.

    "I mean she's too young to get married," said Oscar. "Doesn't know she's alive yet—like calfing a weaner."

    1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, page 138
  2. A device used to help wean a young animal by keeping it from suckling.

Origin

From wean + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

weaner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaner

MLA

“weaner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weaner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaner.

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