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menagerie

noun
/məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ//məˈnædʒəri/US

Etymology

From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.

  1. borrowed from ménagerie

Definitions

  1. A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the…

    A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.

  2. The enclosure where they are kept.

    • In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.

  3. A diverse or miscellaneous group.

    • [Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The orchestra of a theatre.

The neighborhood

Derived

menagerist

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