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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874;

2. domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn;
[syn: domestic ass, donkey, Equus asinus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Donkey \Don"key\ (d[o^][ng]"k[y^]), n.; pl. Donkeys (d[o^][ng]"k[i^]z). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. [1913 Webster] 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

donkey n 1: the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 2: domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn [syn: domestic ass, donkey, Equus asinus]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "donkey": Boeotian, Rocky Mountain canary, ass, bigot, bitter-ender, block, bullethead, burro, clod, cuddy, dickey, diehard, dimwit, dogmatist, dolt, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fanatic, gowk, hardnose, intransigeant, intransigent, jack, jackass, jennet, jenny, jenny ass, jobbernowl, lackwit, lamebrain, last-ditcher, lightweight, looby, loon, maverick, mule, neddy, niais, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, perverse fool, pighead, positivist, purist, put, rocky, schmuck, standpat, standpatter, stickler, stupid, thickwit, witling