Horseman
['hɔːsmən] or ['hɔrsmən]
Definition
(noun.) a person who breeds and cares for horses.
(noun.) a man skilled in equitation.
Editor: Orville--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
(n.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
(n.) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.
(n.) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).
Checker: Zelig
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rider.[2]. Dragoon, CHASSEUR, chevalier, cavalier, equestrian, mounted soldier, horse-soldier.
Typist: Murray
Examples
- He saw the girl's cropped head disappear with a jerk under the robe and then he saw the horseman coming through the trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Jos, a clumsy and timid horseman, did not look to advantage in the saddle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As he makes a lunge towards one horseman, another runs a spear into him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In his seat he had nothing of the awkwardness of the convent, but displayed the easy and habitual grace of a well-trained horseman. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One horseman was ahead and three rode behind. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- From this window was visible the churchyard, beyond it the road; and there, riding sharply by, appeared a horseman. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Nay, hardly even the workers in brass and leather who make them; only the horseman who knows how to use them--he knows their right form. Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. Hawley, standing with his back to the street, was fixing a time for looking at the gray and seeing it tried, when a horseman passed slowly by. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To so practised and indefatigable a horseman as Mr. Rochester, it would be but a morning's ride. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The horseman was almost opposite him now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And, with the word, both jumped in, and Phineas lashed the horses to a run, the horseman keeping close beside them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then he heard a horse coming, the hoofs balled with the wet snow thumping dully as the horseman trotted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Or the horseman by his art make them bad horsemen? Plato. The Republic.
- Horsemen cannot come that way. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It has been used of recent years to designate the skilled horsemen who have charge of the cattle on the great ranges of the West. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The party of horsemen came up to the fence, and, with mingled shouts and oaths, were dismounting, to prepare to follow them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Thereupon (1218) the great host of horsemen that Jengis Khan had consolidated and disciplined swept over the Pamirs and down into Turkestan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The horsemen abreast of that cart, frequently point out one man in it with their swords. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The wagon rattled, jumped, almost flew, over the frozen ground; but plainer, and still plainer, came the noise of pursuing horsemen behind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The horsemen, therefore, soon overtook them on the road. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then came more horsemen. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His hand was still there as they saw the four horsemen ride out of the timber and he felt the muscles in Agustín's back twitch under his hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Crassus found himself against the Scythian again; against mobile tribes of horsemen led by a monarch in Median costume. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The army of these crusaders, according to the lowest estimates, consisted of 90,000 infantry and 40,000 horsemen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a guard of sundry horsemen riding abreast of the tumbrils, and faces are often turned up to some of them, and they are asked some question. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Besides, it will be a marvel if the horsemen come not upon us from York, unless we speedily accomplish our purpose. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They were a horde of nomadic horsemen living in tents, and subsisting mainly upon mare's milk products and meat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Naomi