mare

Meaning

1. An adult female horse.
2. (slang) A foolish woman.

Synonyms

female horse

horse

🐴

sea

🌊

maria

steed

Equus caballus

filly

pony

colt

stallion

zebress

brood

deep

drink

🥤

incubus

moonscape

nightmare

rill

femalehorse

briny

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛə/

Etymology

From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”).
Cognates
See also Scots mere, meir, mear (“mare”), North Frisian mar (“mare, horse”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Danish mær (“mare”), Swedish märr (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”), German Mähre (“decrepit old horse”)), Old English mearh.