plural steeds
literary or humorous
: a horse used or trained for riding : a spirited horse
The act opens with a princess on a white steed prancing about the ring.—
Howard G. Chua-Eoan
Howard G. Chua-EoanA 14th-century silk scroll elegantly depicts an elite … warrior brandishing a sword from his steed.—Smithsonian
SmithsonianThink of him [Napoléon Bonaparte] in [Jacques-Louis] David's portrait astride a fiery steed while he points his lance at the Alps.—Letitia Grierson
Letitia GriersonIn front of a corral of horses, we meet our designated wranglers, who match us up with a user-friendly steed.—Roberta Grant
—sometimes used figuratively for something (such as a bicycle or an automobile) being likened to a horseRoberta Grant… an offseason of building new cars or getting their trusty old steed out of the barn … came down to this one moment. Race time.—Mark Kane
Mark KaneOnce on your faithful steed, you can cycle pretty much anywhere alongside Amsterdam's famous canals …—Helen Coffey
Helen CoffeyExamples of steed in a Sentence
a brave knight and his noble steed
the knight mounted his trusty steed
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The tragedy, plus relocating from California to Nashville's suburbs, has made that metaphorical steed gallop headlong, but controlled, into the darkness.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The celebrated trainer of on-screen horses didn’t mistreat his steeds.
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War, astride its red steed, used to be armed with a sword rather than the twelve thousand nuclear warheads currently at its disposal.
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An Elum would be rad, which is a sort of alien steed that Abe rides around like a two-legged horse.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The celebrated trainer of on-screen horses didn’t mistreat his steeds.
—Gary Baum, People.com, 9 June 2025
War, astride its red steed, used to be armed with a sword rather than the twelve thousand nuclear warheads currently at its disposal.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
An Elum would be rad, which is a sort of alien steed that Abe rides around like a two-legged horse.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for steed
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“Steed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steed. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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steed
noun
: horse entry 1 sense 1a
especially
: a lively horse
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