horseman
See also: Horseman
English
A drawing of a horseman.
Etymology
From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɔrsmən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːsmən/
- Hyphenation: horse‧man
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
horseman (plural horsemen)
- A man who rides a horse.
- Hypernym: rider
- A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
- A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand,
Sent from the King to ouercome vs all.
- 2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China, volume II, published 2019, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186:
- At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.
- A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
- (especially UK, agriculture, archaic) A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
- (especially UK, archaic) A man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).
- (archaic) Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
- (archaic) Any fish of the genus Equetus.
- A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.
Coordinate terms
- (various senses): horsewoman
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
man who rides a horse
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soldier on horseback
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Further reading
horseman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Ocypode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ocypode on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Equetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Equetus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Middle English
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