colt

¹ American  

[kohlt] / koʊlt /

noun

1. a young male animal of the horse family.

2. a male horse of not more than four years of age.

3. a young or inexperienced person.

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Colt ² American  

[kohlt] / koʊlt /

Trademark.

1. a brand of revolver.

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Colt ³ American  

[kohlt] / koʊlt /

noun

1. Samuel, 1814–62, U.S. inventor of the Colt revolver.

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colt ¹ British  

/ kəʊlt /

noun

1. a male horse or pony under the age of four

2. an awkward or inexperienced young person

3. sport

   1. a young and inexperienced player

   2. a member of a junior team

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Colt ² British  

/ kəʊlt /

noun

1. a type of revolver, pistol, etc

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Etymology

Origin of colt

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; compare dialectal Swedish kult little pig

Example Sentences

Baffert said Potente would start once more before the Derby; one possibility is the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 4, a race in which another Baffert colt, Cherokee Nation, is expected to run.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Baffert has another San Felipe starter in Potente, an Into Mischief colt who cost $2.4 million as a yearling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Whether Baffert has another Derby winner in Plutarch won’t be known for 12 weeks, but the colt certainly has the bloodlines.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

The Ryan consortium also has a colt in the eight-horse field, Litmus Test, a son of Nyquist who was an $875,000 purchase.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Months earlier, Howard had purchased a colt named Chanceview from Alfred Vanderbilt.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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