noun A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
noun A stubborn person.
noun A fool.
noun A small auxiliary engine.
noun A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
noun A bad poker player.
noun A sailor's storage chest.
noun ↑ Barnhart, Robert and Steinmetz, Sol, editors (1988), “donkey”, in The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, Bronxville, N.Y.: The H. W. Wilson Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 295, column 2.