hère

wretch (now only as pauvre hère, but formerly also on its own)

From Middle French hayre (16th c.), which is * either the same word as haire (“made of hair”) as hair shirts were worn chiefly by paupers and penitents; * or from earlier her, her(r)e (“gentleman”, 14th c.), from Middle High German hērre, with semantic pejoration (perhaps through ironic use).

a young stag older than 6 months but not yet a brocket

18th century, likely borrowed from Dutch hert (“deer”).