Associations to the word «Mustang»

Wiktionary

MUSTANG, noun. A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.
MUSTANG, noun. (U.S. military slang) A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer during the American Civil War.
MUSTANG, noun. (U.S. military slang) (generalized) A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.

Dictionary definition

MUSTANG, noun. Small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope