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Stallion
Stal"lion\, n. [OE. stalon, OF. estalon, F. ['e]talon, fr. OHG. stal a stable. See Stall, n.] A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
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Language Translation for : stallion
Italian:
stallone,
German:
der Hengst,
Japanese:
種馬
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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