stallion

[stal-yuh n]

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noun

an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.

Origin of stallion

1275–1325; Middle English stalon < Old French estalon, equivalent to stal- (< Germanic; see stall¹) + -on noun suffix

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Examples from the Web for stallion

Historical Examples of stallion

They reached a broad flat, and the stallion gained with terrible insistence.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
That night he was taking the stallion from one village to another.
The Spoilers of the Valley
Robert Watson
The stallion, with foaming mouth, rushed on, with the lady clinging to him.
A Hungarian Nabob
Maurus Jkai
So we have discovered the source of the stallion's strength and beauty.
The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction
Winfield S. Hall
And it was proof of Nagger's quality that he did not have to veer from the stallion's course.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories
Various

British Dictionary definitions for stallion

stallion

noun

an uncastrated male horse, esp one used for breeding

Word Origin for stallion

C14: staloun, from Old French estalon of Germanic origin; related to Old High German stal stall 1

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Word Origin and History for stallion

late 14c., "uncastrated male horse," from Old French estalon "male horse," from Frankish *stal, cognate with Old High German stal "stable" (see stall (n.1)). The notion is probably of a horse kept in a stable to service mares. Transferred sense of "lascivious man" is attested from 1550s.