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white horse

white horse noun: any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse.

Noun

white horse (countable and uncountable, plural white horses)

  1. (countable) Any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse.
  2. (countable) A wave that is blown by the wind such that its crest is broken up and appears white and foamy; a whitecap.
  3. (slang) A recreational drug in the form of white powder: heroin or cocaine.
  4. A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil.
  5. (Singapore, derogatory) A soldier who is the child of a minister, high-ranking civil servant or officer, or comes from a highly influential family, who may receive preferential treatment from superiors.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, horse.

Proper noun capitalized: White Horse

White Horse

  1. Former name of Whitehorse.

white horse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

white horse in Hindi

white horse
महावीर mahāvīr

white horse in Tamil

வெண்புரவி, வெள்ளைநிறக் குதிரை

white horse in Urdu

white horse
ابیض abyaz

white horse in Kannada

ಬೆಳ್ಗುದುರೆ
More languagesFewer languages
white horse in Persian
چرمه čarme, الوس alus, خنگ xeng, نیله nile

Forms of white horse

pluralwhite horses

Words formed from white horse

Questions about white horse

What does white horse mean?
White horse means any of several horse-shaped chalk figures in England, such as the Uffington White Horse.
What is white horse in Hindi?
White horse in Hindi is महावीर (mahāvīr). See White horse meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is white horse?
White horse can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of white horse?
The plural of white horse is white horses.

Words near white horse in the dictionary

  1. white honeysuckle
  2. white honeysuckles
  3. white hope
  4. white hopes
  5. White Horde
  6. white horse
  7. White Horse Beach
  8. white horses
  9. white hot
  10. White House
  11. White House Station

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Adapted from Wiktionary: white horse (page history and authors); White Horse (page history and authors); महावीर (Hindi) (page history and authors); white horse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ابیض (Urdu) (page history and authors); white horse (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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