stag
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, probably from Old English *stagga, from Proto-Germanic *stag- (“male in its prime”) or from Old Norse steggr[1] or steggi (he-bird)[2](Can we verify this etymology?)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
stag (plural stags)
- An adult male deer.
- A colt, or filly.
- A romping girl.
- An improperly or late castrated bull or ram; -- called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox.
- An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
- One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
- The European wren.
- (usually attributive) An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
- A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
- The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom
[edit] Synonyms
- (social event): bachelor party (US), stag do (UK informal), stag party
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
adult male deer
colt or filly
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romping girl
castrated bull
irregular dealer in stocks
one who applies for shares with a view to sell immediately at a premium
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European wren
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social event for a groom
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[edit] Verb
stag (third-person singular simple present stags, present participle stagging, simple past and past participle stagged)
- (intransitive, UK) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
- (transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
[edit] Translations
act as an irregular dealer in stocks
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[edit] Adverb
stag (not comparable)
- Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
- My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.
[edit] Translations
of a man, attending a formal social function without a date
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[edit] See also
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
[edit] References
- ^ Etymology in Webster's Dictionary
- ^ Etymology in Julius Pokorny's Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch
