horseman, horse fancier
(noun) a person who breeds and cares for horses
horseman, equestrian, horseback rider
(noun) a man skilled in equitation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
horseman (plural horsemen)
A man who rides a horse.
A soldier on horseback.
A man skilled in horsemanship.
(UK, agriculture, obsolete) A man in charge of work horses.
A swift-running land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies.
(obsolete) A West Indian fish of the genus Equetes
• equestrian
• menorahs, rhamnose
Source: Wiktionary
Horse"man, n.; pl. Horsemen (.
1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. (b) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
