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Added 9 October 2026

steed

/stiːd/ noun

In Latin: sonipes Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about steed at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(literary) a spirited horse for state of war.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

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