jennetEnglishOxford New American Dictionaryjennet /ˈjenət, ˈdʒɛnət / ▸ noun 1 a kind of small Spanish horse. 2 a female donkey. – ORIGIN late Middle English : via French from Spanish jinete ‘light horseman’, from Spanish Arabic Zenāta, the name of a Berber people famous for horsemanship.