leveret

[ lev-er-it ]

noun

1. a young hare.

leveret

/ ˈlɛvərɪt; -vrɪt /

noun

1. a young hare, esp one less than one year old

Word History and Origins

Origin of leveret¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of levre, Old French lievre, from Latin leporem, accusative of lepus “hare”; -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of leveret¹

C15: from Norman French levrete, diminutive of levre, from Latin lepus hare

Example Sentences

“C’m’ere, you dreadful little rogue! I’ve got the very thing for you. This is a leveret dagger. All young hares carry one. Here, let’s try it on you for size, young buccaneer, what, what!”

From Literature

Mrs Terry's husband, Mark, found the leveret while cutting grass and concluded it had been orphaned after finding a dead hare the day before.

From BBC

It will also eat snakes, and its fondness for eggs has caused it to meet with the enmity of game-preservers; and there is no doubt it occasionally attacks leverets and game-chicks.

From Project Gutenberg

But we’ve had rare sport enough, fishing in river and fishing in lake, and shooting almost whatever we came across—rabbits, leverets, pigeons, plovers, anything.”

From Project Gutenberg

The gamekeepers said that Joe was a noted thief, and that he caught their birds and their leverets also, and that they would shoot him on sight.

From Project Gutenberg