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Holstein

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See also: holstein, holst ein, and Hollstein

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Etymology 1

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From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz (wood) + Sassen (inhabitant), German Low German Holt (wood) + Saten (inhabitant).

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Holstein

  1. The region between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
    Synonym: Holsatia
    • 1880, Nassau William, senior, Conversations with distinguished persons during the Second Empire, volume 1, page 206:
      Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.
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Etymology 2

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A Holstein Friesian cow.

From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein.

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Holstein (plural Holsteins)

  1. A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.
    Synonym: Friesian
    • 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.5, at p.117:
      At the height of things, Bride Lake Farms had milked a herd of sixty-five registered Holsteins. Every other day, the Hood Dairy truck would pull up, pump nine thousand pounds of raw milk out of the tank, and drive it off for processing.
  2. A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.
    Synonym: Holsteiner

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Holstein (plural Holsteins)

  1. A surname.
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