horseman
Americannoun
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horsemen
plural
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a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
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a person on horseback.
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a person who owns, breeds, trains, or tends horses.
noun
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a person who is skilled in riding or horsemanship
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a person who rides a horse
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Origin of horseman
First recorded in 1175–1225, horseman is from the Middle English word horsman. See horse, -man
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Irving’s whimsically inventive “Sketch Book” of stories introduced Rip Van Winkle, the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow and other timelessly folkloric figures to an eager readership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“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 ● Oct. 21, 2025
Each horseman inherits his role from an older male relative, making the cuadrillas, as the battles are called, the domain of just a few families.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
An accomplished horseman raised in a British aristocratic family and trained at the Royal Military Academy, Wingate was also something of a rebel.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2023
Suddenly they swept up with a noise like thunder, and the foremost horseman swerved, passing by the foot of the hill, and leading the host back southward along the western skirts of the downs.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
There are four horsemen of the financial apocalypse: income, spending, debt and savings.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Opposition supporters marched behind horsemen dressed as hussars -- Hungary's historic light cavalry formation.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
Joseph Stiglitz says the four horsemen of the economic apocalypse are nearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
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 ● Dec. 25, 2025
‘Black horsemen have passed through Bree. On Monday one came down the Greenway, they say; and another appeared later, coming up the Greenway from the south.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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