Holstein

Hol·stein ¹

 (hōl′stīn′, -stēn′)

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

 (hōl′stīn′, -stēn′)

n.

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

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[After Holstein¹.]

Holstein

(ˈhəʊlstaɪn)

n

(Breeds) the usual US and Canadian name for Friesian¹

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Holstein

(German ˈhɔlʃtain)

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

Hol•stein

(ˈhoʊl staɪn, -stin)

n.

1. Also called Hol′stein-Frie′sian. one of a breed of large black-and-white dairy cattle originating in North Holland and Friesland.

2. a region in N Germany, at the base of the peninsula of Jutland: a former duchy. Compare Schleswig-Holstein.

[1860–65]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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