English

Proper noun

Holstein

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

     Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.

Derived terms

• Holsteiner
• Schleswig-Holstein

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Holstein ‎(plural Holsteins)

1. A type of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.
2. A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Holstein

1. A surname​.

Derived terms

• Holstein-Lewis fracture

English

Noun

holstein ‎(plural holsteins)

1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Holstein ‎(“breed of cattle”).
   • 1915, Floyd S. Barlow, Otsego County, in the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, page 2173:

     The farm bureau, through subscriptions from members, was able to give a holstein bull calf and a trio of fowls as prizes in a contest among the winners of the six districts.

   • 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News, volume 5, number 1, page 7:

     For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugene Gibson, Smyrna.

Anagrams

• hotlines, hot lines