mustang

mustang

See also: Mustang

English

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”) or mestengo (“feral animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌs.tæŋ/

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Noun

mustang (plural mustangs)

1. 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, Charles J. Skeet, editor, The Scalp Hunters; Or, Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico, volume 3, page 145:

     Having ridden a distance of two or three miles, Garey slackened his pace, and put the mustang to a slow walk.

2. (US, 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.

3. (US, military slang, generalized) A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.
   • September-December 1918, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook‎^{[text- […] and the chief engineer is a "mustang" — that is, an officer who has risen from the ranks of enlisted men.]}, volume 120, Outlook Publishing Company, page 417:

   • 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.

Translations

horse

Bulgarian: мустанг m (mustang) German: Mustang (de) m Japanese: ムスタング (musutangu) Macedonian: му́станг m (mústang) Polish: mustang (pl) m Portuguese: mustang (pt) m or f, mustangue (pt) m or f Russian: муста́нг (ru) m (mustáng) Swedish: mustang (sv) c Turkish: yılkı

Verb

mustang (third-person singular simple present mustangs, present participle mustanging, simple past and past participle mustanged)

1. (US) To hunt mustangs (wild horses), either for military use or for slaughter as pet food.

Anagrams

• Gutmans, tangums

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Czech

Noun

mustang m

1. mustang (horse)

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French

Noun

mustang m (plural mustangs)

1. mustang

Further reading

• “mustang”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmus.taŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ustaŋk
• Syllabification: mus‧tang

Noun

mustang m anim

1. mustang (horse)

Declension

Declension of mustang

	singular	plural
nominative	mustang	mustangi
genitive	mustanga	mustangów
dative	mustangowi	mustangom
accusative	mustanga	mustangi
instrumental	mustangiem	mustangami
locative	mustangu	mustangach
vocative	mustangu	mustangi

Further reading

• mustang in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mustang in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mustang.

Noun

mustang m (plural mustangi)

1. mustang

Declension

Declension of mustang

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mustang	mustangul	(niște) mustangi	mustangii
genitive/dative	(unui) mustang	mustangului	(unor) mustangi	mustangilor
vocative	mustangule		mustangilor