horseman

See also: Horseman

English

A drawing of a horseman.

Etymology

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse +‎ man.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔrsmən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːsmən/
Hyphenation: horse‧man
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

horseman (plural horsemen)

A man who rides a horse.
A soldier on horseback.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
  A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand,
  Sent from the King to ouercome vs all.
- 2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., editor, The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China‎, volume II, published 2019, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186:
  At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.
A man skilled in horsemanship.
(UK, agriculture, obsolete) A man in charge of work horses.
(archaic) Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
(archaic) Any fish of the genus Equetus.

Synonyms

equestrian

Derived terms

Translations

man who rides a horse

Albanian: kalorës (sq) m
Arabic: فَارِس‎ (ar) (fāris)
Armenian: հեծյալ (hy) (hecyal), ձիավոր (hy) (jiavor)
Aromanian: cãlãrets, cãvãlar, cavalarã, sufari
Bengali: ঘোড়সওয়ার (ghoṛśôwar)
Berber:
Tashelhit: amnay m
Bulgarian: конник m (konnik), ездач (bg) m (ezdač)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (for both of man and woman) 騎手／骑手 (zh) (qíshǒu)
Coptic: ϭⲁⲥⲓϩⲑⲟ m (casihtho)
Dutch: ruiter (nl) m
Finnish: ratsumies (fi)
French: cavalier (fr) m
Galician: ginete m
Georgian: ცხენოსანი (cxenosani), მხედარი (mxedari)
German: Reiter (de) m
Greek: ιππέας (el) (ippéas)
Ancient: ἱππεύς m (hippeús)
Hebrew: רַכָּב‎ (he) (rakav), פָּרָשׁ‎ (he) m (parásh)
Hungarian: lovas (hu)
Irish: marcach m, eachmharcach m, eachaí m
Italian: cavaliere (it) m
Japanese: (for both of man and woman) 騎手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
Latgalian: raitinīks m, juojiejs m
Latin: eques (la) m
Latvian: jātnieks m
Macedonian: ко́њаник m (kónjanik), ко́њик m (kónjik)
Manx: markiagh m
Maori: kaieke hōiho
Middle English: horsman
Old English: ridda m
Persian: سوار‎ (fa) (savâr)
Polish: jeździec (pl) m
Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
Romanian: călăreț (ro) m
Russian: вса́дник (ru) m (vsádnik), нае́здник (ru) m (najézdnik)
Sanskrit: यावन् (sa) m (yāvan)
Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јахач m, коњаник m

Roman: jahač (sh) m, konjanik (sh) m
Spanish: caballero (es) m, jinete (es) m or f
Swedish: ryttare (sv) c
Telugu: రౌతు (te) (rautu)
Thai: นักขี่ม้า (nák-kìi-máa)
Turkish: atlı (tr)
Ukrainian: вершник m (veršnyk)

soldier on horseback

Armenian: հեծյալ (hy) (hecyal), ձիավոր (hy) (jiavor)
Bulgarian: ко́нник m (kónnik), кавалери́ст m (kavaleríst)
Finnish: ratsumies (fi)
French: cavalier (fr) m
Georgian: კავალერისტი (ḳavalerisṭi)
Greek: καβαλάρης (el) (kavaláris)
Ancient: ἱππεύς m (hippeús)
Hebrew: פָּרָשׁ‎ (he) m (parásh)
Macedonian: ко́њаник m (kónjanik), кавалери́ст m (kavaleríst), у́лан m (úlan),
Manx: markiagh m
Middle English: horsman
Old English: ridda m
Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
Romanian: cavaler (ro) m
Russian: кавалери́ст (ru) m (kavaleríst)
Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
Spanish: caballero (es) m
Swedish: kavallerist (sv) c
Turkish: atlı (tr), süvari (tr)
Ukrainian: кавалерист (uk) m (kavaleryst), кіннотник (uk) m (kinnotnyk)

man skilled in horsemanship

Berber:
Tashelhit: amnay m
Finnish: hevosmies (fi)
Greek: αλογάνθρωπος (alogánthropos)

References

horseman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ocypode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ocypode on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Equetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Equetus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

menorahs, rhamnose

Middle English

Noun

horseman

Alternative form of horsman

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