horseman
/ˈhɔɹsmən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.07 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
Example Sentences
- "A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand, Sent from the King to ouercome vs all."
- "A royal grave (dated seventh century B.C.) still shows vital details of the conditions of warrior horsemen in their formative phase. This is the grave at Arzan in Tuwa, opened under the guidance of the Nestor of Siberian archeology, M. P. Grjaznov."
- "At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man Middle English horsman English horseman From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɔɹsmən/
- British English: /ˈhɔːsmən/
Usage
- British usage
- Archaic
- Countable
- Uncountable
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military, People.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
belted horseman
Four Horsemen
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Headless Horseman
light-horseman
spotted horseman
horse boy
horse girl