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horseman

noun
/ˈhɔɹsmən/US/ˈhɔːsmən/UK

Etymology

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.

  1. inherited from horsman

Definitions

  1. A man who rides a horse.

  2. A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.

    • A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand, Sent from the King to ouercome vs all.
    • At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.

  3. A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A man in charge of work horses

      A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.

    2. A man in charge of transport horses

      A man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).

    3. Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.

    4. Any fish of the genus Equetus.

    5. A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.

    6. A surname originating as an occupation.

    7. An unincorporated community in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

belted horseman, Four Horsemen, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Headless Horseman, Horseman, horsemanning, light-horseman, spotted horseman, underhorseman

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA