Colt
A surname originating as an occupation.
Proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- It took two years for Colt and his extended family to find the ideal land on which to spend the rest of their lives. - 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media...
- A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Origin
From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).
Forms
Noun
- A revolver (gun) (from Colt's Manufacturing Company), associated especially but not exclusively with the American Wild West.
- Only in it she held a derringer in her hand, not a Colt. But that look of disbelief on Leonard's face could not have been more real. - 1993, Judith Pella, Frontier Lady (Lone Star Legacy Book #1), Baker Books, →ISBN:
- He saw the shotgunner stagger into the lingering cloud of smoke. He jumped to his feet before the man could reload and charged toward him. The man dropped his shotgun and clawed for his pistol, a blueblack hole in his...
- His soldier's instinct had him dropping to the ground before he even thought of it, and Captain Hargreaves fired his Colt. The bullet zoomed over Butsko's head and whacked in the chest of the hapless soldier who'd been...