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Definition of "horseman" []

  • A man who rides a horse. (noun)
  • A man skilled in equitation. (noun)
  • A man who breeds and raises horses. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "horseman" in a sentence
  • "Then he and his men armed and he bade open the gates when, behold, up came a horseman from the host of the Indians, with Jamrkan and"
  • "Now the old horseman is riding his 100-1 shot, checking in at the scorer's table with a reminder that he never played the game, only coached it at an Air Force base, yet still has more pointed opinions than Allen Iverson and Larry Brown combined."
  • "Add to this a swarthy visage half hid in a long black beard, a tall cap of lambskin, immense trousers, boots, red or black, to the knee, a shaggy yaponcha on his shoulder, a short chibouk under the flap of his saddle, and the Persian horseman is complete."