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stag

noun
/stæɡ/

Etymology

From Middle English stagge, steg, from Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”) and possibly Old Norse steggi, steggr (“a male animal”), both from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ- (“to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff”). Doublet of steg (“gander”). Cognate with Icelandic steggi, steggur (“tomcat, male fox”). Related to staggard, staggon.

  1. derived from *stegʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *staggijô✻
  3. derived from steggi
  4. inherited from stagga
  5. inherited from stagge

Definitions

  1. An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a…

    An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.

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

  2. A young horse (colt or filly).

  3. A male turkey

    A male turkey: a turkeycock.

  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. A romping girl

      A romping girl; a tomboy.

    2. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).

    3. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

    4. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell…

      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.

    5. An unmarried man

      An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.

      • a stag dance; a stag party; a stag bar

    6. A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by…

      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.

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

    7. An informer.

      • 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.

    8. Guard duty.

      • 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.

    9. A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).

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

    10. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.

    11. To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.

    12. To watch

      To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

    13. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

      • My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.

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Derived

baby stag, bull stag, fag stag, hog stag, Kashmir stag, shag, stag beetle, stag-beetle, stag do, stagette, stag-evil, stag film, stagger, staggy, stag-headed, stag hog, staghorn, staghound, staghunt, staghunter, staghunting, staglike, stag moose, stag night, stag party, stagskin, stag weekend, stagworm

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA