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Plural of horseman

irregular plural

The plural of horseman is horsemen.

Forms of horseman

Singularhorseman /ˈhɔɹsmən/
Pluralhorsemen /ˈhɔɹsmən/
Countablecountable

Horsemen in a sentence

  • A royal grave (dated seventh century B.C.) still shows vital details of the conditions of warrior horsemen in their formative phase.1989 [1988], Karl Jettmar, “The art of the Steppes”, in The History of Art, Blitz Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62
  • At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China, volume II...

Meaning of horseman

  1. noun A man who rides a horse.
  2. noun A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
  3. noun A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.

Full definition of horseman

Nouns ending in -man: plural -men

Questions about the plural of horseman

What is the plural of horseman?
The plural of horseman is horsemen.
Is horseman countable?
Horseman is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horseman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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