Meaning

• Noun

  1. An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
  2. A young horse (colt or filly).
  3. A male turkey: a turkeycock.
  4. (obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.
  5. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
  6. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
  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.
  8. An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.
  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.
  10. (slang) An informer.
  11. (slang) Guard duty.
  12. A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
  13. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.

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