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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Renard \Ren"ard\ (r?n"?rd), n. [F. renard the fox, the name of
     the fox in a celebrated epic poem, and of German origin, G.
     Reinhard, OHG. Reginhard, properly, strong in counsel; regin
     counsel (akin to Goth. ragin) + hart hard. See {Hard}.]
     A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in
     poetry. [Written also {reynard}.]


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reynard \Rey"nard\, n.
     An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to
     the fox. Same as {Renard}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Reynard
       n : a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage
           in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "reynard":
     African hunting dog, Artful Dodger, Cape hunting dog,
     Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, brush wolf, charmer,
     coyote, crafty rascal, dingo, dodger, fox, glib tongue,
     horse trader, hyena, jackal, lobo, medicine wolf, prairie wolf,
     shyster, slick citizen, sly dog, slyboots, sweet talker, swindler,
     timber wolf, trickster, wolf
  
  

















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