horseman

Etymology

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.

noun

  1. A man who rides a horse.
  2. A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
    At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州. 2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China, volume II, published 2019, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186
  3. A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
  4. (especially UK, agriculture, archaic) A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
  5. (especially UK, archaic) A man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).
  6. (archaic) Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
  7. (archaic) Any fish of the genus Equetus.
  8. A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.

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