Meaning

8 senses
  1. A man who rides a horse.

    Reiter

    вса́дникvsádnik, нае́здникnajézdnik

    ве́ршникvéršnyk, наї́зникnajíznyk

    a man skilled in equitation

  2. A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.

    кавалери́стkavaleríst

    кавалери́стkavalerýst, кінно́тникkinnótnyk

  3. A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.

  4. A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.

  5. (UK, archaic, especially)A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.

  6. (UK, archaic, especially)A man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).

  7. (archaic)Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.

  8. (archaic)Any fish of the genus Equetus.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. A group of horsemen rode up.

  2. Tom is an expert horseman.

  3. Tom was an expert horseman.

    deTom war ein geschickter Reiter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. He was a very experienced horseman.

    deEr war sehr Erfahren im Reiten von Pferden. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Numidian horsemen came to the rescue.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
man who rides a horse:
soldier on horseback:
Русский
By meaning 2
man who rides a horse:
soldier on horseback:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
man who rides a horse:

Origin

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.

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Forms

plural: horsemen
Singularhorseman
Pluralhorsemen

irregular · Lesson

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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