horseman
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horse·man (hôrs′mən)
noun pl. horsemen -·men (-mən)
- a man who rides on horseback
- a man skilled in the riding, managing, or care of horses
Etymology: ME horsman
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horseman
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Converse of object
- see: On a stormy night in 1336 the local villagers saw a lone horseman dressed in black approach the castle.
Adjective modifier
- headless: There is a headless horseman who patrols along the Tyndall Avenue at night on his black horse.
Modifies a noun
- anemone: The horseman anemone is bigger, with smaller warts which do not usually have gravel stuck to them.
Noun used with modifier
- master: In addition he is a master horseman, extremely fit, and very acrobatic.
Preposition: in
- triumph: Interestingly, around 1,000 years separate the two ' horseman in triumph ' examples mentioned above.
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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.
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!
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