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warhorses

warhorses is the plural of warhorse.

Meaning of warhorse

Noun

warhorse (plural warhorses)

  1. (historical) Any horse used in horse-cavalry, but especially one bearing an armoured knight.
    • Just within the inner edge of the circle stood a soldier, in the military attire of a strange nation; and without it was his warhorse, in the center of a collection of mounted domestics, seemingly in readiness to undertake some distant journey.1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    battlehorse
  2. (figuratively, informal) An experienced person who has been through many battles, situations or contests; someone who has given long service.
    • Near-synonym: workhorse
  3. A regularly revived theatrical or musical work, as with Hamlet or a Beethoven symphony, or as excerpts thereto. May imply that the work in question has become hackneyed.
    • a Wagner warhorse

Questions about warhorses

What is warhorses the plural of?
Warhorses is the plural of warhorse.

Words near warhorses in the dictionary

  1. Warholites
  2. warhols
  3. warhorn
  4. warhorns
  5. warhorse
  6. warhorses
  7. warhungry
  8. Warhurst
  9. Warhursts
  10. wari
  11. waria

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