cat|tle

cat|tle
cat|tle «KAT uhl», noun (plural).
1. a) animals of the ox family raised for meat, milk, or hides; cows, bulls, steers, heifers, and calves; oxen. b) (formerly) any farm animals; livestock.
2. Figurative. any low, despised people: »

Boys and women are…cattle of this color (Shakespeare).

3. Archaic. vermin; insects.
[< Old North French catel < Medieval Latin capitāle property, originally neuter of Latin capitālis. See etym. of doublet capital (Cf.capital), chattel. (Cf.chattel)]

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