reinsman

American

[reynz-muhn] / ˈreɪnz mən /

noun

a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.

reinsman British

/ ˈreɪnzmən /

noun

the driver in a trotting race

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

reinsmen

plural

Etymology

Origin of reinsman

First recorded in 1850–55; rein + -s ³ + -man

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One pudgy 140-pound rider earned a place in reinsman legend by fooling a profoundly myopic clerk of scales by skewing the readout to register him at 110.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Scott was known to be the best reinsman and the most expert driver on the whole line of the road.

From The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide by Buffalo Bill

In the saddle, emancipated from their bodies, Pollard, Woolf, and all other reinsmen sailed eight feet over the world, emphatically free, emphatically alive.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

These among good reinsmen were called Dummies or old Farmers.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

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