horseman

American  

[hawrs-muhn] / ˈhɔrs mən /

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.

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horseman British  

/ ˈhɔːsmən /

noun

1. a person who is skilled in riding or horsemanship

2. a person who rides a horse

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Other Word Forms

• horsewoman noun
• underhorseman noun

Etymology

Origin of horseman

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

Example Sentences

Figuring out the purse for 34 of the 35 graded stakes races at Santa Anita is, for horsemen anyway, maddeningly simple: Just look up the minimum purse required in North America.

From Los Angeles Times

If the clomping hooves from the first horseman’s approaching steed got too loud, we’d just turn the music up.

From Salon

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

From Literature

“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 ”

From Literature

“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.

From Los Angeles Times