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jennet (n.)
"small Spanish horse," mid-15c., from French
genet
, from Spanish
jinete
"a light horseman," perhaps from Arabic
Zenata
, name of a Barbary tribe [Klein]. Sense transferred in English and French from the rider to the horse.