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Mustang
Mus′tang
,Noun.
[Sp.
musteño
belonging to the graziers, strayed, wild.] (Zool.)
The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.
Mustard grape
(Bot.)
, a species of grape (
Vitis candicans
), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.Definition 2024
Mustang
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German
Noun
Mustang m (genitive Mustangs, plural Mustangs)
- (horse) mustang
- 1922, Walther Kabel (pseud. William Käbler), Das Geheimnis des Zuni, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 3–4:
- Vor jeden Wagen waren acht indianische Mustangs gespannt.
- Eight Indian mustangs were harnessed in front of each wagon.
- Vor jeden Wagen waren acht indianische Mustangs gespannt.
- 1922, Walther Kabel (pseud. William Käbler), Das Geheimnis des Zuni, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 3–4:
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English
Noun
mustang (plural mustangs)
- A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.
- 1846, Thomas Bangs Thorpe, The Mysteries of the Backwoods, Carey and Hart, page 12:
- The mustang pony, the invariable companion of the inhabitant of the prairie, whether he is rich or poor, is a little creature, apparently narrow-chested, and small across the loins.
- 1851, Mayne Reid, The Scalp Hunters; Or, Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico, vol. 3, Charles J. Skeet, page 145:
- Having ridden a distance of two or three miles, Garey slackened his pace, and put the mustang to a slow walk.
- 1846, Thomas Bangs Thorpe, The Mysteries of the Backwoods, Carey and Hart, page 12:
- (U.S. military slang) A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War.
- 1903, James Hoyt (editor), Seen & Heard by Megargee, L.N. Megargee, page 1754:
- He is a product of the merchant marine and is one of the officers called "Mustangs" who entered the navy during the Civil War.
- 1939, Fred J. Buenzle, Bluejacket, W. W. Norton & Company, page 179:
- He was the son of a famous artist, and was what we termed a "mustang" officer, who had come into the navy from the merchant service during the Civil War.
- 1903, James Hoyt (editor), Seen & Heard by Megargee, L.N. Megargee, page 1754:
- (U.S. military slang, generalized) A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.
- 1918, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, volume 120 (September–December 1918), Outlook Publishing Company, page 417:
- … and the chief engineer is a "mustang" — that is, an officer who has risen from the ranks of enlisted men.
- 1943, Josef Israels, He's in the Marine Corps Now, R.M. McBride & Company, page 170:
- Mustang— Officer who came up through the ranks. None better.
- 1918, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, volume 120 (September–December 1918), Outlook Publishing Company, page 417: