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horsewomanship

horsewomanship noun: a woman's ability to ride a horse.

Noun

horsewomanship (uncountable)

  1. A woman's ability to ride a horse.
    • He kept his mistresses openly at Willey, and insisted that they should accompany him in the field. In fact, he chose them for their horsewomanship as much as for their beauty.1900, George Frederick Underhill, A century of English fox-hunting

Origin of horsewomanship

From horsewoman + -ship.

Questions about horsewomanship

What does horsewomanship mean?
Horsewomanship means a woman's ability to ride a horse.
What part of speech is horsewomanship?
Horsewomanship is a noun.

Words near horsewomanship in the dictionary

  1. horsewhippers
  2. horsewhipping
  3. horsewhippings
  4. horsewhips
  5. horsewoman
  6. horsewomanship
  7. horsewomen
  8. horsewood
  9. horsewoods
  10. horseworm
  11. horseworms

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