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.
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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