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1. Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
   - domestic ass, Equus asinus
    
2. The symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
    
3. A person who lacks good judgment
   - fool, sap, muggins [Brit], tomfool, meathead, jughead [N. Amer], drongo [Austral, NZ], moegoe [S.Africa], nit [Brit], galah [Austral], boofhead [Austral], charlie [Brit], mampara [S.Africa], juggins [Brit]

Derived forms: donkeys

Type of: allegory, ass, emblem, simple, simpleton

Part of: Equus, genus Equus

Encyclopedia: Donkey