horseman

[hawrs-muhn]

noun

plural

horsemen 

1. a person who is skilled in riding a horse.

2. a person on horseback.

3. a person who owns, breeds, trains, or tends horses.

horseman

/ ˈhɔːsmən /

noun

1. a person who is skilled in riding or horsemanship

2. a person who rides a horse

Other Word Forms

• underhorseman noun
• horsewoman noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of horseman¹

First recorded in 1175–1225, horseman is from the Middle English word horsman. See horse, -man

Example Sentences

Especially when there are so many shipwrecks, headless horsemen, gloomy talking birds, and other equally fascinating topics to write poems about?

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“I was wondering if you might have some work here at the Institute. I can clean. I can build and fix things. I can fell a tree. I can farm. I’m a horseman ”

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“I’ve been doing this home so long, maybe I’m losing track,” he says, casting a critical eye at the headless horseman rearing above him.

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They’re riding the four horsemen of the American apocalypse as if they were halftime entertainment at a UFC cage match held on the South Lawn.

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Adding to the frustration of the horsemen and horse players is the lack of information coming from the tracks on how they plan to address this issue and secure their future.

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