stallion

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  1. noun An adult male horse that has not been castrated, especially one kept for breeding.

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  • Naturally the stallion was here for Dolph's wedding. —  Volk
  • But any notice by a stallion was a thing to be treasured. —  Night Mare
  • If the stallion is there, a theory of mine will be strengthened All right, then. —  Twelve Horses and the Hangman's Noose - Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 29
  • Hunter continued to work with Dreamseeker, though whether or not he'd made any headway with the stallion was a topic of hot debate. —  HUSBAND WANTED
  • Whether he guessed Drew's intention or whether he dreaded the near approach of the stallion was a question which did not bother the scout You there," Drew hailed the driver. —  Ride Proud, Rebel!
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  1. Middle English stalione (alteration of staloun), from Anglo-Norman estaloun, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also stalion, *stallon, stalland, stallant, stalant, stalon; from Middle English stalyone, stalon, stalun, from Old French estalon, French étalon = Italian stallone (Middle Latin reflex stalonus), a stallion, in Middle Latin also called equus ad stallum, ‘a horse at stall,’ so called because kept in a stall, from stallum, a stall, stable: see stall.
 

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