noun
stallion
STAL-yuhn
noun
1
An adult male horse, especially one kept uncastrated for breeding.
"The farm bred its prize stallion with several mares this season."
2
Informal: a man seen as very virile or sexually confident.
"He strutted into the party like he thought he was some kind of stallion."
How to Use Stallion
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA male breeding horse, or informally a man who acts sexually confident.
When to use it
The figurative "virile man" sense is informal and often used self-mockingly or in slang.
Word Forms
stallions plural
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Etymology
From Middle French estalon, of Germanic origin, related to "stall" (the animal enclosure where breeding horses were kept).