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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Steed \Steed\ (st[=e]d), noun [OE. stede, AS. st[=e]da a stud-horse, war horse, fr. st[=o]d a stud of breeding steeds; akin to G. stute a mare, Icel. stedda, st[=o][eth], a stud. [root]163. See {Stud} of horses.] A horse, especially a spirited horse for state or war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. ''A knight upon a steed.'' --Chaucer.
Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
steed
noun: (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "steed": Houyhnhnm, brood mare, charger, colt, courser, critter, dobbin, entire, entire horse, equine, filly, foal, gelding, horse, mare, mount, nag, prancer, stallion, stud, studhorse, tarpan, top horse, war-horse, wild horse
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