mutton

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun meat from a mature domestic sheep

Etymology

From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.

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Synonyms

mouton

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