Holstein (redirected from Holsteins)

Hol·stein ¹  (hlstn, -stn)

A region and former duchy of northern Germany at the base of the Jutland Peninsula. It became a duchy under the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire in 1474 and was often controlled by Denmark in the years that followed.

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Hol·stein ²  (hlstn, -stn)

n.

Any of a breed of large black and white dairy cattle originally developed in Friesland.

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[After Holstein¹.]

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Holstein¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) the usual US and Canadian name for Friesian (the cattle)

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Holstein²

n

(Placename) a region of N Germany, in S Schleswig-Holstein: in early times a German duchy of Saxony; became a duchy of Denmark in 1474; finally incorporated into Prussia in 1866

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Noun

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Holstein - a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland Friesian, Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milk