Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An adult male horse that has not been castrated, especially one kept for breeding.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The male of the horse; an entire horse; a horse kept for breeding purposes.
Wiktionary
- n. An uncastrated male horse
- n. A male kept primarily as a stud
- n. A very virile, sexy man
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
WordNet 3.0
- n. uncastrated adult male horse
Etymologies
- From Middle English stalion, from Middle French estalon (hence modern French étalon), of Germanic origin, akin to stal 'stall, stable' (Wiktionary)
- Middle English stalione (alteration of staloun), from Anglo-Norman estaloun, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Whatever purity existed was lost the minute the votes started getting counted and anyone who thinks that Obama can win this riding the white stallion is drinking some serious Kool-Aid.”
“A noble Arab stallion is supposed to fight for his rider and to wake him at night if he see any sign of danger.”
“As she rolled onto her back, Diana thought at first that he was referring to the stallion and mares until she heard the plunging, panicked sounds coming from the picket line.”
“Nevertheless, as Mr. Slocum put it: Twenty-five thousand dollars for a mere work-horse stallion is a madness.”
“Oh, and it's "stallion" - with two L's, you EFL tool.”
“The stallion was a beauty, gray the color of cast iron, a rump mottled with white spots, arched neck, a black mane and tail.”
“My stallion is a big dog-chaser, hates them, but his sister is the one who skinned the rabbit.”
“The right to own a billiard table or to keep a stallion was a “property right” not a “privilege”; it was unlawful, therefore, to tax these rights specially.”
“The stallion was a sublime and noble memory of recent Earth, of not-so-very-long-ago Africa.”
“Age had something to do with those terms, so she figured the terms stallion and gelding must be similar.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stallion’.
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horses
everything horses
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Yazhinni Spelling bee
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AGRI - horse breeding
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You animal!
Names of animals that are also used to describe kinds of people. Nouns only, preferably single word.
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Lions and tigers and—Well, just lions...
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big book gre
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here, horsey!
horse-related words (sometimes several times removed from actual equines)
horse, donkey, mule, hinny, gelding, stallion, mare, hobby horse, clotheshorse, sawhorse, horseradish, equine and 28 more...
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MiaLuthien's list ♥
gambit, prehensile, coquetry, impunity, genuflect, ensconce, clavicle, delude, beget, castigate, life caching, convoluted and 478 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (S)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
sabian symbols, saffron, sagacious, sage, salamander, sally lunn, salmon, salsify, salt water taffy, samhain, sand dollar, sandalwood and 270 more...
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HorsesintheSouth
Words pertaining to horses, equines, equestrians
horse, equine, equestrian, dressage, hunter, jumper, puissance, capriole, sidepass, levade, augurian, coop and 296 more...
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Words of Standing
steed, stool, estancia, stage, stance, staunch, stanch, stanchion, stanza, stative, stator, stay and 180 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
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not the sum of their parts
words formed as the combination of two or more other words, but which have a meaning unrelated to either of the constituent words
earwig, ladyfinger, pantywaist, dovetail, eavesdropper, blackmail, greenhorn, mango, carpet, penny farthing, farthingale, damage and 118 more...
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Equitation
Including but not limited to: horse breeds, horse terms, and items of equine interest.
appaloosa, percheron, ardennes, belgian, clydesdale, morgan, arabian, quarter horse, morab, shire, sheffield, boulonnais and 67 more...
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equestrian
paddock, canter, bridle, stirrup, colt, foal, stallion, filly, mare, gelding, weanling, yearling and 10 more...
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Medieval Horse-Related Words Listed b...
Just what it sounds like.
destrier, percheron, courser, rouncey, draught, joust, tournament, knight, squire, charger, lance, men-at-arms and 83 more...
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