warhorse
or war-horse, war horse
Origin of warhorse
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How to use warhorse in a sentence
My first theater role was War Horse and my first TV role was Game of Thrones.
Kit Harington: Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow Learns to Fight Dirty | Marlow Stern | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was doing press for War Horse, and was about to start The Hollow Crown for the BBC and PBS.
Tom Hiddleston On His Rocker-Vampire in ‘Only Lovers Left Alive,’ ‘Thor 2,’ and ‘Avengers 2’ | Marlow Stern | September 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, from my work with Ken, I did Midnight in Paris and War Horse.
Tom Hiddleston On His Rocker-Vampire in ‘Only Lovers Left Alive,’ ‘Thor 2,’ and ‘Avengers 2’ | Marlow Stern | September 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDisney distributes DreamWorks films, including the Spielberg-directed War Horse.
‘John Carter’: Disney’s Quarter-Billion-Dollar Movie Fiasco | Chris Lee | February 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFollowing an award-winning run in London, War Horse arrives stateside this week.
Bucephalus was a war-horse of a very high spirit, which had been sent to Philip, Alexander's father, when the latter was a boy.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match | Francis C. WoodworthA great many anecdotes are related of the feats of Bucephalus, as a war-horse.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match | Francis C. WoodworthIf you ask me what horse, I can reply with some pride that it was a war-horse.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill | Gilbert K. ChestertonAnd half in anger and half in sadness he called for his war-horse.
Stories of King Arthur's Knights | Mary MacGregorOn his old war horse, Traveller, he rode into Lexington alone to take up his college duties.
Robert E. Lee | Ruth Hill
British Dictionary definitions for warhorse
/ (ˈwɔːˌhɔːs) /
a horse used in battle
informal a veteran soldier, politician, or elderly person, esp one who is aggressive
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Cultural definitions for war horse
A person or thing that has seen long service or has lived through many hardships and can be relied on: “That teacher is a real war horse; he has seen the dismissal of ten different principals.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with warhorse
Also, old war horse. A dependable, frequently performed attraction, as in The opera company is doing nothing but old war horses this season, like, Aïda and La Bohème. This term originated in the mid-1600s for a military charger that had been through many battles. In the 1800s it began to be used for human veterans, and in the mid-1900s for popular productions, especially of musical works.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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