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Definition of Prancer
1. Noun. A mettlesome or fiery horse.
Definition of Prancer
1. n. A horse which prances.
Definition of Prancer
1. Noun. A person or animal (especially a horse) that prances ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prancer
1. one that prances [n -S] - See also: prances
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prancer
Literary usage of Prancer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novelist's Magazine (1784)
"... prancer Hickman is to come in for a daft. ' But why upon her mother,' me-
thinks thou ... prancer ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"prancer, subs. (Old Cant).—I. A horse : see PR AD ; and (2) a horse- thief. ...
Prig of cackler, prig of prancer. 1834. AINSWORTH, ' Tke Game of High Toby' ..."
3. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1850)
"I should think them quite so," answered Lord prancer ; " except that ...
Its purport was, that his Grace the Duke of Brandon, Count Grammont, Lord prancer, ..."
4. Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation: Practice Book for Vocal Expression by Gertrude Elizabeth Johnson (1920)
"Then I swung 'em round the corner, and says I: 'On, prancer! ... and prancer
kicked sideways at a dog, and they lit out down the main street like ..."
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