English
Etymology
calve (verb) + -er
Pronunciation
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Noun
calver (plural calvers)
- A cow that produces young.
Related terms
down-calver
first calver
second calver
Usage notes
A citation from Jehan Palsgrave's 1530 text Lesclarcissment de la langue françoyse reads "Calver of saulmon, escume de saulmon.". This possibly refers to caviar. If this is the case it predates by some 61 years the earliest usage (1591) of caviar documented in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Category:Cattle
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