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noun
cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
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Origin of light horse
First recorded in 1525–35
Words nearby light horse
light-handed,
lightheaded,
light heart,
lighthearted,
light heavyweight,
light horse,
light-horseman,
lighthouse,
lighthouse clock,
lighthouse coffeepot,
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How to use light horse in a sentence
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
And how we want to live our lives in light of those differences.
I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.
As Randy notes, “Maybe there is a value in shining a light on this and asking the questions.”
Behold a dumpy, comfortable British paterfamilias in a light flannel suit and a faded sun hat.
She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.
British Dictionary definitions for light horse
noun
lightly armed and highly mobile cavalry
Derived forms of light horse
light-horseman, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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