Colt
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
A surname originating as an occupation.
proper noun
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A surname originating as an occupation.
- 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
It took two years for Colt and his extended family to find the ideal land on which to spend the rest of their lives.
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A placename: A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States.
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A placename: An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Etymology
From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).
noun
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A revolver (gun) (from Colt's Manufacturing Company), associated especially but not exclusively with the American Wild West.
He shaved and managed to pull on a clean shirt and trousers. He put a fresh clip in his Beretta and wrapped the Colt in his discarded shirt and put it in his suitcase.
Only in it she held a derringer in her hand, not a Colt. But that look of disbelief on Leonard's face could not have been more real.
Forms
- plural
- Colts
Colt · A surname originating as an occupation.
Colton · A placename: A number of places in England: A civil parish…Columbia · America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of…Columbo · A surname from Italian.