venison Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun meat from a deer used as food

WordNet

Ven"i*son noun
Etymology
OE. veneison, veneson, venison, OF. veneison, F. venaison, L. venatio hunting, the chase, game, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin to OHG. weidinn, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, G. weide pasturage. Cf. Gain to acquire, Venation.
Definitions
  1. Beasts of the chase. Obs. Fabyan.
  2. Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.

Webster 1913