doe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
    Energy Department; Department of Energy; Energy.
  2. noun mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'

WordNet

Doe noun
Etymology
AS. da; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. .
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.
Doe noun
Definitions
  1. A feat. Obs. See Do, n. Hudibras.

Webster 1913