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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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