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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mus•tang /ˈmʌstæŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Dog and Cat Breedsa small, strong horse of the American plains.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mus•tang (mus′tang),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsa small, hardy horse of the American plains, descended from Spanish stock.
- Military[U.S. Navy Slang.]a naval officer who received his commission while still an enlisted man.
v.i. - to round up wild horses, esp. in order to sell them illegally to slaughterhouses.
- Latin (animālia) mixta mixed (beasts), neuter plural adjective, adjectival, taken as feminine singular noun; see mixed) + -engo adjective, adjectival suffix
- Spanish mestengo stray or ownerless beast, noun, nominal use of masculine adjective, adjectival: pertaining to a mixed lot of beasts, equivalent. to mest(a) such a mixed lot (
- 1800–10, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mustang /ˈmʌstæŋ/ n - a small breed of horse, often wild or half wild, found in the southwestern US
Etymology: 19th Century: from Mexican Spanish mestengo, from mesta a group of stray animals |