1
a
: foal
especially
: a male foal
b
: a young male horse that is usually not castrated and has not attained an arbitrarily designated age (such as four years)
2
: a young untried person
Examples of colt in a Sentence
a colt who looked to the team's more experienced players for advice
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While O’Neill never could have expected to be here with his Cal-bred, Baffert will start two of the myriad expensive colts his clients buy each year.
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Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
The chestnut colt came in second at Florida's Tampa Bay Derby in March behind The Puma.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The successful trainer kept grinning through a congratulatory gauntlet following Friday night's Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, hoping that colt Emerging Market can double the celebration for him in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
That far out in the field and the thunder of the spectator’s cheers would drown out the footfalls of Pal’s competitors, and so the number three would put the colt closer to the center of action and increase the odds of victory—should he be allowed to run.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
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Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
The chestnut colt came in second at Florida's Tampa Bay Derby in March behind The Puma.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The successful trainer kept grinning through a congratulatory gauntlet following Friday night's Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, hoping that colt Emerging Market can double the celebration for him in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
That far out in the field and the thunder of the spectator’s cheers would drown out the footfalls of Pal’s competitors, and so the number three would put the colt closer to the center of action and increase the odds of victory—should he be allowed to run.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Colt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colt. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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colt
noun1
: foal entry 1
especially
: a young male horse
2
: an inexperienced young person
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