| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | brock·et |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  br k  t |
| NOUN: | 1. A two-year-old red deer with its first horns. 2. Any of several small South American deer of the genus Mazama, having short unbranched horns. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English broket, from Old French brocard, from broque, animal's horn, dialectal variant of broche, spit. See broach1.
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