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Image:Cervus nippon dybowski Solo.jpg|thumb|right|A stag deer of species Cervus nippon. (2)

  1. The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.
  2. The male of certain other species of large deer.
  3. A colt, or filly.
  4. A romping girl.
  5. A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the 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. The European wren.
  9. A social event held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
  10. : The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom


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{{en-verb|stag|g|ing}}

  1. To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
  2. To watch; to dog, or keep track of.


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  1. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
  2. : My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.


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Category:Birds Category:Mammals

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stag \Stag\, v. i. (Com.)
To act as a "stag," or irregular dealer in stocks. [Cant]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stag \Stag\, v. t.
To watch; to dog, or keep track of. [Prov. Eng. or Slang]
--H. Kingsley.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stag \Stag\ (st[a^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. Steg.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a
large European species closely related to the American
elk, or wapiti.
(b) The male of certain other species of large deer.
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2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and {bull
seg}. See the Note under Ox.
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4. (Stock Exchange)
(a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a
member of the exchange. [Cant]
(b) 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. [Cant]
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5. (Zool.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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Stag beetle (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus and allied
genera, especially Lucanus cervus of Europe and {Lucanus
dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and
branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on
the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug,
and horse beetle.

Stag dance, a dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]

Stag hog (Zool.), the babiroussa.

Stag-horn coral (Zool.), any one of several species of
large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which
somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially
Madrepora cervicornis, and Madrepora palmata, of
Florida and the West Indies.

Stag-horn fern (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern
(Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched
like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.


Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus
typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.


Stag party, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]


Stag tick (Zool.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
family Hippoboscidae, which lives upon the stag and is
usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the
European grouse, but in that case has wings.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Steg \Steg\ (st[e^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
animals. Cf. Stag.] (Zool.)
A gander. [Written also stag.] [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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WordNet stag
n 1: male red deer [syn: hart]
2: adult male deer
v 1: attend a dance or a party without a female companion
2: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, {tell
on}, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop,
snitch]
3: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, snoop, sleuth]
Moby Dictionary
Cape elk , Kaffeeklatsch , Virginia deer , adventurer , antelope , ball ,
big operator , billy , billy goat , blowout , boar , broad jumper ,
bubbly-jock , buck , bucking bronco , buckjumper , bull , bullock ,
camel , camelopard , caribou , chanticleer , cock , cockerel ,
cocktail party , coffee klatch , costume party , deer , deerlet ,
dinner , dinner party , doe , dog , donation party , drake , dromedary ,
eland , elk , entertainment , entire , entire horse , fallow deer , fawn ,
festivity , flea , frog , gander , garden party , gazelle , giraffe , gnu ,
goat , gobbler , grasshopper , gunslinger , hart , hartebeest , he-goat ,
hen party , high jumper , hind , hopper , house party , house-raising ,
housewarming , hurdle racer , hurdler , jackrabbit , jumper ,
jumping bean , jumping jack , kaama , kangaroo , lame duck , lawn party ,
leaper , margin purchaser , mask , masque , masquerade ,
masquerade party , moose , mule deer , musk deer , okapi , operator ,
party , peacock , plunger , pole vaulter , ram , red deer , reindeer ,
roe , roe deer , roebuck , rooster , salmon , scalper , shindig , shindy ,
shower , smart operator , smoker , speculator , springbok , stag party ,
stallion , steer , stot , stud , studhorse , sunfisher , surprise party ,
timber topper , tom , tom turkey , tomcat , top cow , top horse , tup ,
turkey gobbler , turkey-cock , vaulter , wether , wildebeest


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