One who rides a horse; a professional performer on horseback; a circus-rider.

A man who performs feats of physical strength, esp. competitively or as a form of entertainment (as in a circus). Cf. strongwoman, n.

A person who performs in a hippodrome (in various senses of hippodrome, n.). Also: a person who arranges or stages an entertainment in a hippodrome.

A circus horse-leaper.

A type of clown, now generally characterized as wearing grotesque facial make-up (typically featuring red or pink, and usually a red artificial…