light-horseman
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of light-horseman
First recorded in 1540–50; light horse + man
Example Sentences
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At the top of the list, as an article of food, stands a fish, which we named light-horseman.
From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin
"Certainly, monsieur," said the light-horseman, drawing out a beautiful watch incrusted with diamonds; "half-past seven."
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
Apache and Arapahoe, Comanche and Cheyenne, Sioux and Shoshone, they all had met, and many had measured spear with, the dark-eyed, curly-headed Kentucky light-horseman.
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles
The "light-horseman stanza" which Scott employed in his longer poems was caught from the recitation by Sir John Stoddart of a portion of Coleridge's "Christabel," then still in manuscript.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
The foot-soldier with pike and musket, and light-horseman of the town have outstripped him.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
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