name
Meaning 1
A district of Nepal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mustang
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmʌˌstæŋ/ without æ-raising
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[ˈmʌˌstæŋ] without æ-raising
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Canada, US: /ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ/
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Canada, US: [ˈmʌˌsteɪ̯ŋ]
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Canada, US: /ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ/
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Canada, US: [ˈmʌˌstɛ̃ŋ]
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rhymes with -æŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.
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noun
Meaning 3
A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 4
A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Qualifier: generalized
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 5
An American sports car, manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1964 till present, a cultural icon and the longest-produced Ford nameplate.
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noun
Meaning 6
The P-51 Mustang was a single-seat fighter plane designed by North American Aviation in 1940.
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verb
Meaning 7
To hunt mustangs (wild horses), either for military use or for slaughter as pet food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 8
small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pony
Narrower terms: bronco, bronc, broncho
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Nepali मुस्ताङ (mustāṅ).
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”) or mestengo (“feral animal”).
From mustang (“a horse of the North American west”).
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мустанг (mustang) — horse
- Czech: mustang — horse
- German: Mustang — horse
- Japanese: ムスタング (musutangu) — horse
- Macedonian: му́станг (mústang) — horse
- Polish: mustang — horse
- Portuguese: mustang — horse
- Portuguese: mustangue — horse
- Russian: муста́нг (mustáng) — horse
- Spanish: mustang — horse
- Spanish: caballo mesteño — horse
- Spanish: caballo bronco — horse
- Swedish: mustang — horse
- Turkish: yılkı — horse