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stal⋅lion

[stal-yuhn]
–noun
an uncastrated adult male horse, esp. one used for breeding.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME stalon < OF estalon, equiv. to stal- (< Gmc; see stall 1 ) + -on n. suffix
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stal·lion   (stāl'yən)   
n.  An adult male horse that has not been castrated, especially one kept for breeding.

[Middle English stalione (alteration of staloun), from Anglo-Norman estaloun, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
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stallion

  1. n.
    a tall, good-looking woman. : Dana is really a stallion!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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stallion 
1388, "uncastrated male horse," from O.Fr. estalon "male horse," from Frank. *stal, cognate with O.H.G. stal "stable" (see stall (1)). The notion is probably of a horse kept in a stable to service mares. Transf. sense of "lascivious man" is attested from 1553.
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