: an uncastrated male horse : a male horse kept for breeding
also
: a male animal (such as a dog or a sheep) kept primarily as a stud
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Among the latter is ravenous beaver Nibbles Maplestick (Fortune Feimster, hilarious), who turns out to be a key ally, and pompous new mayor Brian Winddancer (Patrick Warburton), a stallion who used to be an actor.
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
The ancestries of the British aristocracy’s stallions were traced with all the attention given to their own lineages, bloodline mirroring bloodline.
—Tom McDonough, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
From that call, Langdale purchased a yearling foal and, unexpectedly, a senior Andalusian stallion trained in the airs above the ground.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
San Francisco’s stallion is the current RB1 of ones in PPR formats, shouldering a tireless 80.8 percent of the team’s opportunity share (25 touches per game).
—Brad Evans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
The ancestries of the British aristocracy’s stallions were traced with all the attention given to their own lineages, bloodline mirroring bloodline.
—Tom McDonough, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
From that call, Langdale purchased a yearling foal and, unexpectedly, a senior Andalusian stallion trained in the airs above the ground.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
San Francisco’s stallion is the current RB1 of ones in PPR formats, shouldering a tireless 80.8 percent of the team’s opportunity share (25 touches per game).
—Brad Evans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Stallion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stallion. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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stallion
noun
stal·lion
ˈstal-yən 
: a male horse
especially
: one kept especially for breeding
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