stal‧lion/ˈstæljən/ noun[COUNTABLE] [date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : estalon] a male horse that is fully grown, especially one that is used for breeding ⇨ mare
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Aged horses, especially stallions, are more like old people, and are more stressed by change than younger horses. ▪ And to the van of them, high upon a pure-bred white Arab stallion, the Wolf of Kabul. ▪ He stood for a few moments thinking, and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other. ▪ Isolating stallions from other horses obviously plays a large part in the aggression and even viciousness some stallions display towards mares. ▪ Jester was an appaloosa stallion who had a very close relationship with his owner. ▪ Rufus was a bit of a centaur himself, a big roan stallion, and she was a little cat-eyed - waif.