steeplechaser
noun
a participant in a steeplechase, either as a runner, a horse, or its rider.
steeplechasers
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pluralof steeplechaser.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Why are steeplechasers chasing steeples in this unusual 3000-meter event, requiring runners to jump over hurdles and water on the track?
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
This year’s steeplechasers must be fit, and the ice leaves little opportunity to exercise De Chera over open fields.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2015
For the great majority of talented but limited steeplechasers, there is the Grand National.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2011
But the hum of the keyboard does not quite have the same resonance as the clang of Alf Burt's hammer shoeing the steeplechasers of my youth.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2010
Ordinarily, overreach occurs when the animal is at a gallop, and is thus met with in its severest form in hunters and steeplechasers.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
