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stallion

[stal-yuhn] Origin

stal·lion

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

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English stalon < Old French estalon, equivalent to stal- (< Germanic; see stall1) + -on noun suffix
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stallion (ˈstæljən)
 
n
an uncastrated male horse, esp one used for breeding
 
[C14: staloun, from Old French estalon of Germanic origin; related to Old High German stalstall1]

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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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stallion definition


  1. n.
    a tall, good-looking woman. : Dana is really a stallion!
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