Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
2. (countable, chiefly Scotland) A young horse (colt or filly).
3. (British) A male turkey: a turkeycock.
4. (by extension, countable, obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.
5. (countable) An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
6. (countable, finance) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
7. (countable, finance) 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. (countable, usually attributive) An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.

Example Sentences

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.

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

Word Forms

• stags
• steg
• staig
• stagg
• stagge
• stagging
• stagged

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Use stag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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