Hypertext Webster Gateway: "steed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Steed \Steed\, n. [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]?, a stud. [root]163. See
{Stud} of horses.]
A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of 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) 1.7 (wn)
steed
n : (literary) spirited horse for state or war
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