light horse

noun

1. cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.

light horse

noun

1. lightly armed and highly mobile cavalry

Derived Forms

• ˌlight-ˈhorseman, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of light horse¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

The last consisting of a troop of light horse with about fifteen hundred Hessians.

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Another body of British cavalry, consisting of the light-horse and the body-guard, made a second charge equally brilliant.

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Down a leafy way charged a squadron of Bedouin light horse, twenty, perhaps, and more.

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Simultaneously a regiment of Polish light horse was launched against the battery.

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Lasalle, a brilliant light-horse general, was killed in the last charge, and both armies bivouacked for the night.

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