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  red deer

  noun

  a deer, Cervus elaphus, of Europe and Asia, having a reddish-brown summer coat.
• Red Deer
  Red Deer

  noun

  a city in S central Alberta, in W Canada.

red deer

¹ American  

noun

1. a deer, Cervus elaphus, of Europe and Asia, having a reddish-brown summer coat.

2. the white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, in its summer coat.

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Red Deer ² American  

noun

1. a city in S central Alberta, in W Canada.

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Red Deer ¹ British  

noun

1. a town in S Alberta on the Red Deer River: trade centre for mixed farming, dairying region, and natural gas processing. Pop: 67 707 (2001)

2. a river in W Canada, in SW Alberta, flowing southeast into the South Saskatchewan River. Length: about 620 km (385 miles)

3. a river in W Canada, flowing east through Red Deer Lake into Lake Winnipegosis. Length: about 225 km (140 miles)

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red deer ² British  

noun

1. a large deer, Cervus elaphus , formerly widely distributed in the woodlands of Europe and Asia. The coat is reddish brown in summer and the short tail is surrounded by a patch of light-coloured hair

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Etymology

Origin of red deer

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

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As the day went on, we saw wild boar, red deer and a single nervous fox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Ongoing analysis has identified footprints of red deer, roe deer and other animals as well as humans.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Most were made from fragments of red deer antler, although some were made from bone, including whale.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024

Human land use, on the other hand, led to an increase in red deer density.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024

It smelt of reindeer and red deer and beaver, and fresh blood -and something else: a new smell that he hadn’t yet learnt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Friday from a GPS device indicating a bear attack in the Red Deer River Valley, west of Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, according to a statement shared on Banff National Park’s Facebook page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

An area closure around Red Deer and Panther valleys has been implemented and will remain in place until further notice, Parks Canada said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 1, 2023

Thursday’s evacuation of Yellowknife was by far the largest so far this year, said Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and fire chief in Red Deer, Alberta.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

The copy of Red Deer, by Richard Jefferies, was taken out of Earlsdon Library in Coventry by the late Capt William Humphries in 1938.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2022

In 1781 a company of Blackfoot stumbled across a Shoshone camp at dawn near the Red Deer River in Alberta.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann