horseman
Syllables: horse·manUK/ˈhɔːsmən//ˈhɔɹsmən/
horseman noun: a man who rides a horse.
Noun
horseman (plural horsemen)
- A man who rides a horse.
- A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
- A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand,
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- A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand,
- A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
- A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
- A man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).
- Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
- Any fish of the genus Equetus.
- A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.
Proper noun capitalized: Horseman
Horseman (countable and uncountable, plural Horsemans)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- An unincorporated community in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.
horseman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
horseman in Hindi
- man who rides a horse
- सवार savār, घुड़सवार ghuṛsavār, अश्वरोही aśvarohī
horseman in Tamil
- குதிரைக்காரன்
horseman in Marathi
- horseman
- घोडेस्वार ghoḍesvār
horseman in Urdu
- man who rides a horse
- سَوار savār, گُھڑ سَوار ghuṛ savār
More languagesFewer languages
- horseman in Bengali
- ঘোড়সওয়ার ghōṛośōẇar, অশ্বারোহী ośśarōhi
- horseman in Telugu
- రౌతు rautu
- horseman in Malayalam
- കുതിരക്കാരൻ, കുതിരസവാരിക്കാരൻ, കുതിരയോടിക്കുന്നവൻ, കുതിരയോടിക്കുന്നവൾ
- horseman in Sanskrit
- यावन् yāvan, अश्वक aśvaka
- horseman in Assamese
- ৰাহুত rahut
- horseman in Arabic
- فَارِس fāris, رَاكِب rākib
- horseman in Thai
- นักขี่ม้า nák-kìi-máa
- horseman in Vietnamese
- người cưỡi ngựa, kị sĩ, kị mã
Examples of horseman in a sentence
- How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?
- Actor Glenn Ford loved Western movies and became an excellent horseman and gunhandler.
- He was without exception the clumsiest and most mutton-fisted horseman I have ever observed.
Forms of horseman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | horsemen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Horsemans |
Origin of horseman
From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse + man.
From horseman.
Words formed from horseman
- belted horseman
- Four Horsemen
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Headless Horseman
- horsemanning
- light-horseman
- spotted horseman
- underhorseman
Questions about horseman
- What does horseman mean?
- Horseman means a man who rides a horse.
- What is horseman in Hindi?
- Horseman in Hindi is सवार (savār), घुड़सवार (ghuṛsavār), अश्वरोही (aśvarohī). See Horseman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is horseman?
- Horseman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce horseman?
- Horseman is pronounced /ˈhɔɹsmən/ (US).
- What is the plural of horseman?
- The plural of horseman is horsemen.
Words near horseman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horseman (page history and authors); Horseman (page history and authors); horseman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); घोडेस्वार (Marathi) (page history and authors); horseman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ৰাহুত (Assamese) (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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