Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, hardy wild horse of the North American plains, descended from horses brought to America by Spanish explorers and European settlers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wild horse of the pampas and prairies of America.
- noun An officer of the United States navy who entered the regular service from the merchant service after serving through the civil war, instead of graduating from the Naval Academy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.
- noun (Bot.) a species of grape (
Vitis candicans ), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small, hardy, naturalized (
feral )horse of the North American west. - noun U.S. military slang A
merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as acommissioned officer during the American Civil War. - noun U.S. military slang, generalized A
commissioned officer who started militaryservice as anenlisted person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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#16 POSTED BY alan, May 12th, 2009 11: 27 pm what about the Lincoln from “The Car” or the mustang from the original “Gone in 60 Seconds”
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I think I'd laugh more than anything else haha marz that mustang is kick ass! the new k.i.t.t. car has nothing on that. i wanna know how they're going to market this because last time i checked, i dont think they can say the word 'ass' just anywhere.
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Plenty Doors told me that Bill is mad because he aint much of a horseman, tried to break a mustang on his own last year and the horse throwed him and broke three ribs.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Plenty Doors told me that Bill is mad because he aint much of a horseman, tried to break a mustang on his own last year and the horse throwed him and broke three ribs.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Plenty Doors told me that Bill is mad because he aint much of a horseman, tried to break a mustang on his own last year and the horse throwed him and broke three ribs.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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The mustang was to be a symbol of Denver and the West.
A Horse of a Different Color Divides Denver Stephanie Simon 2009
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If anything, Justin is trying to turn the domesticated horse into the wild mustang, which is itself sort of a subversion, IMO, even as I found what he did to be inexcusable.
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If anything, Justin is trying to turn the domesticated horse into the wild mustang, which is itself sort of a subversion, IMO, even as I found what he did to be inexcusable.
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I never could understand why some men who can break a mustang before breakfast and shave in the dark, get all left-handed and full of perspiration and excuses when they see
Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886
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He got cl'ar away from me -- that is, the mustang.
The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850
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December 30, 2008