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estray

Pronunciation: /ə.stɹeɪ/

The English word “estray” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
  2. Stray.

verb

  1. To stray.

Etymology

From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.

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