Donkey : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Donkey	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Donkey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
donkey n the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn Synonym(s): domestic ass, donkey, Equus asinus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Donkey \Don"key\, n.; pl. {Donkeys}. [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. {Donkey engine}, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. {Donkey pump}, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary. {Donkey's eye} (Bot.), the large round seed of the {Mucuna pruriens}, a tropical leguminous plant.