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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stud horse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
stud horse
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stallion; a male horse kept as a stud.

Etymology

From Middle English *studhors, *stode-hors, from Old English stōdhors, from Proto-West Germanic *stōdahross, equivalent to stud + horse. Cognate with Middle High German stuotros. Compare German Stutpferd.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *studhors, stōdhors, *stōdahross

Inflected Forms

stud horses (plural) studhorse (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

steed

Synonyms

covering horse

Questions

What does stud horse mean?
A stallion; a male horse kept as a stud.
Where does stud horse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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