horsemaster
horsemaster noun: one who takes care of horses, which may include breeding or training.
Noun
horsemaster (plural horsemasters)
- One who takes care of horses, which may include breeding or training.
- Ben had “Buck” Commings with him who also hails from the “Bad Lands”, but “Buck” will only lasso horses. He will be horsemaster at camp.1938 June 29, Herbert Johnson, editor, “Camp Charlevoix Weekly News Column”, in Charlevoix Courier, volume 43, number 26, Charlevoix, Mich., page three, column 1
- My riding instructor was once horsemaster at Astley’s Circus.1984, Elizabeth Hewitt (Mary Jeanne Abbott), Captain Black, New York, N.Y.: Signet, New American Library, →ISBN, page 128
- An expert equestrian.
- The teen-age equestrienne has big dreams and big plans for “Mr. John.” He and Sudy will start out on the Wisconsin Circuit when the show opens in Madison. What are her chances? Modestly, Sudy replies, “Both of us will do our best—but let’s not be previous.” / And what does the future hold? Sudy...1963 February 10, Fern Smith, “Teen of the Week: Horseback Riding Is First Love of Top Equestrienne”, in Sunday Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis., page 2, column 3
- A horsemaster at heart, she finds instant enjoyment atop a fast steed.1968, 1968 Mirror, Waltham, Mass.: Waltham High School, page 81
Examples of horsemaster in a sentence
- ‘I was assistant horsemaster at the stud back home.’1986, Brian Carter, Jack: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Beaufort Books, published 1987, →ISBN, page 320:
- When King Richard had been killed at Bosworth, Tom Thomson had become horsemaster at Jervaulx and begun his own stud there.1990, Susan Bowden, The Divided Heart, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 17:
- Both Masika and Chantal Dupont confirmed that Moses Rawlings, longtime horsemaster at Riverain, had known the Jolimont overseer of thirteen years before.1993, Miriam Grace Monfredo, North Star Conspiracy, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 239:
- When you speak to the horsemaster at the station, tell him that the future of the Exteca hangs upon your news; he must give you fresh horses and a direct pass to Tola.1995, Crawford Kilian, Redmagic, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, →ISBN, page 45:
Forms of horsemaster
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Origin of horsemaster
From horse + master.
Questions about horsemaster
- What does horsemaster mean?
- Horsemaster means one who takes care of horses, which may include breeding or training.
- How do you use horsemaster in a sentence?
- ‘I was assistant horsemaster at the stud back home.’
- What part of speech is horsemaster?
- Horsemaster is a noun.
- What is the plural of horsemaster?
- The plural of horsemaster is horsemasters.
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