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colt

  [kohlt]
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–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; cf. dial. Sw kult little pig
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Colt

  [kohlt]
Trademark.
a brand of revolver.

Colt

  [kohlt]
–noun
Samuel, 1814–62, U.S. inventor of the Colt revolver.
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colt   (kōlt)   
n.  

  1. A young male horse.

  2. A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.


[Middle English, from Old English.]
Colt   (kōlt)   
American firearms inventor and manufacturer who developed the first revolver.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

colt 
O.E. colt, originally "young ass," in Biblical translations also used for "young camel," probably from P.Gmc. *kultaz and akin to child. Applied to persons from c.1225. The type of revolver (1838) was originally the manufacture of U.S. gunsmith Samuel Colt (1814-62).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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