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ahorse

/əˈhɔːs//əˈhɔɹs/

ahorse adverb: on the back of a horse; on horseback.

Adverb

ahorse (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) On the back of a horse; on horseback.
    • He managed to escape ahorse.
    • “By all that’s princely,” cried he, “then, that young Harry Ormond was intended for a prince, he sits a horse so like myself; and that horse requires a master hand to manage him.”1817, Maria Edgworth, Ormond, Chapter 4, in Harrington, and Ormond, Tales, London: R. Hunter, Volume 2, p. 85

ahorse meaning in Tamil and Bengali

ahorse in Tamil

பழம்பஞ்சாரம், ஏற்றம்

ahorse in Bengali

ঘোড়ার পিঠে, ঘোড়সওয়ার অবস্থায়

Examples of ahorse in a sentence

  • the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, New York: Vintage, published 1956, page 404:
  • Two Romans ahorse were circling about four dismounted Cimbri, who stood back to back and glared.1960, Poul Anderson, chapter 2, in The Golden Slave,, New York: Avon:

Synonyms of ahorse

Origin of ahorse

From a- + horse.

Words that rhyme with ahorse

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ahorse

What does ahorse mean?
Ahorse means on the back of a horse; on horseback.
What is ahorse in Tamil?
Ahorse in Tamil is பழம்பஞ்சாரம், ஏற்றம். See Ahorse meaning in Tamil.
How do you use ahorse in a sentence?
the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse
What part of speech is ahorse?
Ahorse is an adverb.
How do you pronounce ahorse?
Ahorse is pronounced /əˈhɔːs/ (UK).

Words near ahorse in the dictionary

  1. Ahoms
  2. ahooga
  3. ahoogah
  4. ahool
  5. ahools
  6. ahorse
  7. ahorseback
  8. AHOs
  9. Ahous
  10. Ahousaht
  11. Ahousahts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ahorse (page history and authors); ahorse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ahorse (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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