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horseman Definition

horse·man (hôrs′mən)

noun pl. -·men-mən

  1. a man who rides on horseback
  2. a man skilled in the riding, managing, or care of horses

Etymology: ME horsman

horseman Synonyms

horseman

n.

rider, equestrian, equerry, roughrider, cavalryman, horse guard, dragoon, horse driver, horse trainer, keeper of horses, gaucho, pricker, buckaroo, postilion, broncobuster*, saddle sitter*, live weight*, monkey*, gypsy*; see also cowboy 1, jockey, rider 1.

horseman Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • arm: Sometimes, especially in early texts, it means no more than a body of heavily armed horsemen, a collective of chevaliers.
  • become: The different tribes also bred their own animals and became excellent horsemen.
  • see: On a stormy night in 1336 the local villagers saw a lone horseman dressed in black approach the castle.
  • have: Today we don't just have Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse but an entire cavalry regiment of doom-mongers.
  • send: Brian Boru sent horsemen forward to plunder all around the Dublin settlement.
  • come: Out of the night, When the full moon is bright, Comes the horseman known as Zorro.

Adjective modifier

  • headless: There is a headless horseman who patrols along the Tyndall Avenue at night on his black horse.
  • accomplished: An accomplished horseman, he built a superb Riding School within the castle walls.
  • skilled: Tristram embodied the chivalrous and knightly ideal: he was a hunter, a musician, a skilled horseman and a master of languages.
  • armed: Fears of trouble were also raised on April 14th 1718, when 50 or 60 armed horsemen rode through Winlaton heading south.
  • keen: Fed up with a career in computer engineering, keen horseman Steve Almond left the UK to run horse riding holidays in Andalusia.
  • excellent: As well as an excellent horseman he was a keen rugby player; he also started writing poetry in his teens.

Modifies a noun

  • anemone: The horseman anemone is bigger, with smaller warts which do not usually have gravel stuck to them.
  • ride: He fell into the sink What does a headless horseman ride?

Noun used with modifier

  • master: In addition he is a master horseman, extremely fit, and very acrobatic.
  • expert: Expert horsemen, the Britons can throw spears from horseback, or from chariots.
  • 'four: With the opening of the first seal we meet the first of the famous 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ' .

Possessives

  • enemy: The Romans, who wanted light cavalry, did not venture to disperse for the pursuit under the eyes of the enemy's horsemen.

Preposition: in

  • triumph: Interestingly, around 1,000 years separate the two ' horseman in triumph ' examples mentioned above.

Preposition: of

  • apocalypse: Are the four horsemen of the apocalypse about to gallop out of the hole at the bottom of Holyrood Road?
horseman Quotes

Under bare Ben Bulben's head In Drumcliffe churchyard Yeats is laid, An ancestor was rector there Long years ago; a church stands near, By the road an ancient Cross. No marble, no conventional phrase, On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!

—Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)

When I was a young man, I wanted to be three things: I wanted to be the world's greatest horseman, the world's greatest economist, and the world's greatest lover. Unfortunately I never became the world's greatest horseman.

—Schumpeter,Joseph Alois