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Stallone
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stallone
English
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Etymology
From en it stallone stallion, from en frk *stallo, from frk *stall stable where the horses were kept. More at English en stall.
Pronunciation
en /stəˈləʊn/ RP
en /stəˈloʊn/ GA
en əʊn 2
Proper noun
~ s
en;
en film used specifically of en 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.
en 2011 S. L. Varnado Funny Side Up: Senior Citizen Scenarios iUniverse Bloomington, IN 115 https://books.google.com/books?id=uXtSOWERCV0C&dq=%22Stallone%22&pg=PA115 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.
en 2011 2000 James Herbert Others Pan Macmillan https://books.google.com/books?id=H6Xb8z2CdCgC&dq=%22Stallone%22&pg=PT115 His dark hair was cut short, brushed forward, speckles of white adding texture, and I imagined he modelled himself on ER's George Clooney, although he looked more like Stallone—Stallone gone wrong, if you can imagine that;
2005-04-26 In brief: Tombstone director George Cosmatos dies https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/apr/26/outkast.popandrock George Cosmatos, the director of Rambo II and Cobra, has died from cancer aged 64. Apart from shooting Stallone vehicles, Cosmatos was best known for the 1993 western Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. https://web.archive.org/web/20261024083648/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/apr/26/outkast.popandrock 24 October 2026
Derived terms
en Stallonesque Stallonian
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Stallone is the 20926th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1259 individuals. Stallone is most common among White (93.49%) individuals.
Anagrams
en aellnost tall ones