stal·lion

(stăl′yən)

1. An adult male horse that has not been castrated, especially one kept for breeding, or an adult male of another equine species.

2. Slang A man regarded as virile and sexually active.

[Middle English stalione (alteration of staloun), from Anglo-Norman estaloun, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

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stallion

(ˈstæljən)

(Animals) an uncastrated male horse, esp one used for breeding

[C14: staloun, from Old French estalon of Germanic origin; related to Old High German stal stall¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

stal•lion

(ˈstæl yən)

n.

an uncastrated adult male horse, esp. one used for breeding.

[1350–1400; Middle English staloun < Anglo-French; compare Old French estalon=estal- (< Germanic; see stall¹) + -on n. suffix]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

stallion - uncastrated adult male horse

entire

male horse - the male of species Equus caballus

studhorse, stud - adult male horse kept for breeding

Translations

حِصان صالِح للإسْتيلاد

жребец

hřebec

hingst

Hengst

cojudo semental padrillo potro entero

ori

étalon

pastuhždrijebac

ménapaméncsődör

stóîhestur

stallone

eržilas

ērzelis

dekhengsthengst

žrebec

stallion

[ˈstælɪən] N → semental m, padrillo m (LAm)

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stallion

[ˈstæliən] n → étalon m (cheval)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stallion

n → Hengst m; (for breeding) → Zuchthengst m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stallion

[ˈstæljən] n → stallone m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stallion

(ˈstӕljən) noun

a fully-grown male horse.

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The stallion of my choice grazed with a filly and two yearlings a little apart from the balance of the herd and nearest to the forest and to me.

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It concerns a horse - a white stallion which I have sold to an officer upon the last time I returned from the Passes.

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'What, feeling lonely, feeling lonely, little silly?' said Nikita in answer to the low whinny with which he was greeted by the good-tempered, medium-sized bay stallion, with a rather slanting crupper, who stood alone in the shed.

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"Then immediately, in contempt of his former superstitions, he desired the King to furnish him with arms and a stallion. And mounting the same he set out to destroy the idols.

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Behind the black-striped stallion came a herd of thirty or forty of the plump and vicious little horselike beasts.

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A big bulldog, sliding obliquely and silently across the street, unconcerned with the team he was avoiding, had passed so close that Prince, baring his teeth like a stallion, plunged his head down against reins and check in an effort to seize the dog.

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Carelessly holding in his stallion that was neighing and pawing the ground, eager to rejoin its fellows, he watched his squadron draw nearer.

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Wines- burg was proud of the hands of Wing Biddlebaum in the same spirit in which it was proud of Banker White's new stone house and Wesley Moyer's bay stallion, Tony Tip, that had won the two-fifteen trot at the fall races in Cleveland.

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A plump young mare and a fat stallion grazed nearest to him as he neared the herd.

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In the same way he looked on when Jerry fought fearful comic battles with Norman Chief, the great Percheron stallion. It was only play, for Jerry and Norman Chief were tried friends; and, though the huge horse, ears laid back, mouth open to bite, pursued Jerry in mad gyrations all about the paddock, it was with no thought of inflicting hurt, but merely to act up to his part in the sham battle.

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The strong, exquisite, perfectly correct lines of the stallion, with his superb hind-quarters and excessively short pasterns almost over his hoofs, attracted Vronsky's attention in spite of himself.

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Bright rays beam dazzlingly from him, and his bright locks streaming form the temples of his head gracefully enclose his far-seen face: a rich, fine-spun garment glows upon his body and flutters in the wind: and stallions carry him.

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