Stag question for our British friends

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 105838

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<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

Kneasy:
> No problem.
> In general usage 'stag' refers to a male red deer - the OED
> says that it refers to one more than five years old, so it's
> liable to have a full set of antlers.
> "Buck' is usually applied to the males of other types of deer:
>  roe or  fallow deer especially. (Or rabbits!)

Geoff:
It does not have to specifically a red deer. It is defined in one 
dictionary as "a fully adult male deer" and general British usage 
would include all. I live in an area where I see both red deer and 
roe deer almost every day and they are both referred to as stags.