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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Etymology
Origin of horseman
First recorded in 1175–1225, horseman is from the Middle English word horsman. See horse, -man
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He has called past waves of IPOs and other stock issuance the “third horseman of the bubble apocalypse” because they tend to precede major market corrections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Not long after the Chilean film “The Settlers” opens — after the first shot has been fired and the first blood spilled — an aristocratic-looking horseman rides up to some workers on a grassy plain.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
It just makes you feel like a good horseman, and that’s always what I wanted to be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
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
This was one more thing to bewilder everyone, especially the horseman.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Surging IPO activity is one of the four horsemen of a market bubble, says this portfolio manager.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Opposition supporters marched behind horsemen dressed as hussars -- Hungary's historic light cavalry formation.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
Across the gold-leaf ground, horsemen of the avant-garde charge into the indigo ocean, firing arrows in pursuit of the fleeing Taira clan boats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 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
‘What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?’ he said.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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