mustang

Meanings

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

1. To hunt mustangs (wild horses), either for military use or for slaughter as pet food.

1. An American sports car, manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1964 till present, a cultural icon and the longest-produced Ford nameplate.
2. The P-51 Mustang was a single-seat fighter plane designed by North American Aviation in 1940.

1. A district of Nepal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mestengo, from Old Spanish mesteño (“feral animal”) or mestengo (“feral animal”).