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colt definition

colt (kōlt)

noun

  1. a young male horse, donkey, etc.; specif., a thoroughbred four years of age or under or a standardbred three years of age
  2. a young, inexperienced person

Etymology: ME & OE < ? IE *gel-d < base *gel-, to form a ball > claw

Colt definition

Colt (kōlt)

Colt, Samuel 1814-62; U.S. inventor of a type of revolver

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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