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Stallone

UK/stəˈləʊn/US/stəˈloʊn/

Stallone proper noun: a surname;.

Proper noun

Stallone (countable and uncountable, plural Stallones)

  1. A surname;
  2. used specifically of Sylvester Stallone (b. 1946), an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer, known especially for his acting roles as boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John Rambo.
    • First critic: […] By the way, did you hear about the new film Stallone is making? It's titled Rocky Balboa Enters a Nursing Home. Stallone plays an aging Rocky—false teeth, hearing aid, Depends.2011, S. L. Varnado, Funny Side Up: Senior Citizen Scenarios, Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, page 115
    • His dark hair was cut short, brushed forward, speckles of white adding texture, and I imagined he modelled himself on ERs George Clooney, although he looked more like Stallone—Stallone gone wrong, if you can imagine '''that;[…]2011 [2000], James Herbert, Others, Pan Macmillan

Forms of Stallone

pluralStallones

Origin of Stallone

From Italian stallone (“stallion”), from Frankish *stallo, from *stall (“stable”) where the horses were kept. More at English stall.

Words formed from Stallone

Words that rhyme with Stallone

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Questions about Stallone

What does Stallone mean?
Stallone means a surname;.
What part of speech is Stallone?
Stallone is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Stallone?
Stallone is pronounced /stəˈləʊn/ (UK).

Words near Stallone in the dictionary

  1. stallkeeper
  2. stallkeepers
  3. stallman
  4. stallmen
  5. stallon
  6. Stallone
  7. Stallones
  8. Stallonesque
  9. Stallonian
  10. stallons
  11. stallproof

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