Meaning of Stag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
   countable
2. A young horse (colt or filly).
   Scotland, countable
3. A male turkey: a turkeycock.
   British, countable, uncountable
4. A romping girl; a tomboy.
   broadly, countable, obsolete
5. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
   countable
6. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
   countable
7. 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.
   countable
8. An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.
   attributive, countable, usually
9. A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser.
   countable
10. An informer.
    countable, slang
11. Guard duty.
    UK, slang, uncountable
12. A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
    countable
13. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
    countable

Equivalents

Examples

“The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.”

“a stag dance; a stag party; a stag bar”

“The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom.”

“We had two disturbers of the harmony of the ship; I mean two stags or informers, one named Robert Wilson, the other John Hewit, from the north of Ireland.”

“Between shifts on stag or manning the radio, we grabbed a few hours sleep.”

“Three days were spent on standby or patrols and a fourth day on guard, with at least eight hours on stag.”

“Members of the genus Pasimachus […] can be confused with stag beetles […] but stags have elbowed antennae.”

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