estray
Meanings
Plural: estrays
Noun
- 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.
- Stray.
Verb
- To stray.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.
Scrabble Score: 9
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Words With Friends Score: 8
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