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Synonyms for mustang

Grammar : Noun
Spell : muhs-tang
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌs tæŋ

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Définition of mustang

Origin :
  • "small, half-wild horse of the American prairie," 1808, from Mexican Spanish mestengo "animal that strays" (16c.), from Spanish mestengo "wild, stray, ownerless," literally "belonging to the mesta," an association of cattle ranchers who divided stray or unclaimed animals that got "mixed" with the herds, from Latin mixta "mixed," fem. past participle of miscere "to mix" (see mix (v.)).
  • Said to be influenced by the Spanish word mostrenco "straying, wild," which is probably from mostrar, from Latin monstrare "to show."
  • As in pony : noun horse
  • As in horse : noun equine species
Example sentences :
  • Another instant and his own mustang was spurred in close by the strugglers.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • "Both of you had better go back, on the one mustang," said Amos Radbury.
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • The second mustang was slightly injured, but could still be ridden.
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Then came a snap of the lariat, and Ralph went down, with the mustang on top of him.
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • I wonder what became of the mustang, and where Ralph and the ponies are?
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • This was decided upon, and then Dan set about catching his mustang.
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • For that article was attached to the saddle of the mustang in the timber.
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • There was the speed of the blooded racer in her and the tirelessness of the mustang.
  • Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
  • He looked at the litter in the mustang's stall, then at the crib.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Nagger snorted his perception of water, and the mustang whistled.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various
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