1.NounAny bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
"On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree."
2.NounThe flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
3.NounA type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.