horseman
Americannoun
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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
As Steinmetz snapped photos, the horseman looked up from his mower, spotted the drone and rerouted to the barn.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 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
And I used to tell him: ‘Son, become a basketball player first, and you’ll become a great horseman later,’” Branislav Jokic said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
To so practised and indefatigable a horseman as Mr. Rochester, it would be but a morning’s ride.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
“One 13th-century Persian ruler assembled 12,000 horsemen and 4,000 people on foot for one of his hunts,” Fagan tells us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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
Against the westering sun, the long shadows of the horsemen reached across the hill slope toward the flatlands where the small troop struggled onward.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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