riding master
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of riding master
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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In 1735 the Spanish Riding School was established in Vienna to train the finest Lipizzan stallions in the classic battle tactics devised by a French riding master named Antoine Pluvinel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Max Oser, daughter of the late Edith Rockefeller McCormick, wife of a onetime Swiss riding master, changed the names of her children, Anita and Peter, from Oser to Oser-McCormick.
From Time Magazine Archive
William Durland, 81, oldtime Manhattan riding master, in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
During years of penury in the U. S. he had been a flypaper salesman, riding master, lifeguard, section hand, bundle wrapper, and forest ranger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only one party attracted him: a riding master and a trio of brokers who were verging on embonpoint, and were desperate and looked it.
From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison
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