light-horseman
Americannoun
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light-horsemen
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of light-horseman
First recorded in 1540–50; light horse + man
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"Which you please, monsieur!" said the light-horseman, drawing from his fob a very handsome watch, studded with diamonds; "half past seven."
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
"But this morning," went on the light-horseman, "they will probably send down some pioneers to rebuild the bastion."
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
Sullivan alleges that his troops had expended all their cartridges, and were alarmed by seeing the enemy gathering on their left, and by the cry of a light-horseman, that the enemy were getting round them.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
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 Charles King
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 Gustav Freytag
After a while two light-horsemen entered, tattered and muddy.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Time was, when the "light-horsemen" of the river were in their heyday, that £25,000 worth of property was stolen annually.
From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by George Dilnot
Dragoons, Swiss, Guardsmen, Musketeers, light-horsemen, succeeded one another with a rapidity which might answer the purpose of the host very well, but agreed badly with the views of the four friends.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
Other regiments of regular cavalry were less heavily armed, and there were several bodies of light-horsemen, whom Alexander's conquests in Egypt and Syria had enabled him to mount superbly.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
The programme included the laying of a foundation-stone, after which he rode home escorted by a bodyguard of light-horsemen, who gave a display of bush-galloping a mile outside the station.
From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan
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