horsemann.

Brit.

/ˈhɔːsmən/, U.S.

/ˈhɔrsmən/

Inflections: Plural horsemen.

Forms: see horse n. and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., man n.¹

Etymology: < horse n. + man n.¹Compare Old Icelandic hrossamáðr groom. In sense 1c partly after classical Latin eques eques n., and partly after ancient Greek ἱππεύς horseman, knight (see hippeastrum n.).

a. One who rides on horseback, a rider; one skilled in riding and managing a horse.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun]

styera1340

upstyerc1340

prickera1350

chevalier1377

sittera1382

ridera1400

horsemanc1400

horse-rider1580

cavalier1596

equestrian1791

bestrider1830

Macadamite1860

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > skilled

horsemanc1400

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > skilled rider

horseman1583

school rider1852

workman1868

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 401 Another noyse than herd i sone, Als it war of horsmen.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 277 O there is a good horseman: O brave rider.

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 131 To pass simply for a good horseman, or a fine dancer.

a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) App. i. 550 These Spanish Arabians..were great horsemen, and particularly fond of horses.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 349 These letters..were sent by horsemen to the nearest country post towns on the different roads.

†b. spec. A mounted soldier. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier

horsemanc1275

chevalier1377

roiter1579

prancer1593

cavalier1596

trooper1640

cavalry soldier1852

plunger1854

cavalry man1860

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13285 Heo letten alle þa horsmen i þan wude alihten.

c1302 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 189 Sixtene hundred of horsmen asemblede o the gras.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. ix. 16 The noumbre of the hoost of horsemen twenty thousynd.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxviij Among the Frenchmen were certaine light horsmen called Stradiotes.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 99 Notwithstanding he had also a horse-man Cuirasse.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1880) II. xxi. 529 A horseman in the uniform of the Guards spurred through the City, announcing that the King had been killed.

c. A knight.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun]

knighta1100

riderlOE

eques1583

horseman1596

knighthooda1616

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 13 In Galloway ar horsmen, Barounes, and vthiris noble men mony.

1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iv. ii. 337 Both at Athens and Sparta ἱππεῖς, horsemen, composed the second order in the commonwealth.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxii. 253 The Knights or Horsemen, the body of richest proprietors at Athens, were the mainstay of the Thirty.

d. horseman's bed (in Ireland), a tenement of a certain size. horseman's hammer, a hammer-shaped mace, a medieval weapon. horseman's weight, the weight by which a jockey is weighed, applied to the legal stone of fourteen pounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > leasehold land or tenement > types of

pendicle1420

cottage1467

horseman's beda1687

cottagery1697

flatshare1965

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > required or suitable weight of rider > weight for weighing rider

horseman's weight1828

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 107 As to these town-lands, plough-lands, colps, greeves..horseman's beds, etc., they are at this day manifestly unequal.

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 413 Also, 14 pounds make 1 stone, horseman's weight, and 8 pounds 1 stone, in the London markets.

2. A man who attends to horses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager

horse-keeperc1440

horse marshal1508

horse-master?1523

jockey1640

guarda-caballo1808

pony-man1851

pony boy1858

horseman1882

tackman1885

barn-boss1902

1882 W. D. Howells in Longman's Mag. 1 55 I heard myself indicated in a whisper as ‘one of the horse-men’.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Horseman, the man who attends upon and travels with a stallion.

1898 H. R. Haggard in Daily News 28 Sept. 6/5 The agricultural labourer..works from six to six..horsemen and cattlemen work longer.

3. A variety of fancy pigeons: see quot. 1867.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types

porcelainc1530

turn-pate1611

light horseman1661

runt1661

smiter1668

helmet1676

mammet1678

Cortbeck1688

turbit1688

turner1688

dragoon1725

finicking1725

Leghorn1725

nun1725

owl1725

petit1725

trumpeter1725

horseman1735

Mahomet1735

barbel1736

turn-tail1736

frill-back1765

blue rock1825

beard1826

ice pigeon1829

toy1831

black1839

skinnum1839

splash1851

whole-feather1851

spangle1854

swallow1854

shield1855

stork pigeon1855

Swabian1855

yellow1855

archangel1867

dragon1867

starling1867

magpie1868

smerle1869

bluette1870

cumulet1876

oriental1876

spot fairy1876

turbiteen1876

blondinette1879

hyacinth1879

Modena pigeon1879

silver-dun1879

silverette1879

silver-mealy1879

swift pigeon1879

Victoria1879

visor1879

ice1881

swallow pigeon1881

velvet fairy1881

priesta1889

frill1890

1735 J. Moore Columbarium 31 The oftener it is thus bred [from a Carrier] the stouter the Horseman becomes.

1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 444 The Tame or House-Pidgeons are called..Horsemen, Tumblers, and Great Reds... The Horseman Pidgeon is something of the Carrier's Nature.

1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons vii. 79 In many of the older treatises an inferior variety of the Carrier was described under the name of the Horseman.

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4. Ichthyology. A sciænoid fish of the genus Eques found on the coasts of Central America.

5. See also light horseman n. Light and Heavy Horsemen, slang names for certain Thames thieves.

ΚΠ

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xviii. 124 ‘There's a lighter adrift,’ said I... ‘The Light Horsemen have cut her adrift.’

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xviii. 126 Light Horsemen..—that's a name for one set of people who live by plunder... Then we have the Heavy Horsemen,—they do their work in daytime, when they go on board as Lumpers to clear the ships.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	horseman
释义	horsemann. Brit. /ˈhɔːsmən/, U.S. /ˈhɔrsmən/ Inflections: Plural horsemen. Forms: see horse n. and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., man n.¹ Etymology: < horse n. + man n.¹Compare Old Icelandic hrossamáðr groom. In sense 1c partly after classical Latin eques eques n., and partly after ancient Greek ἱππεύς horseman, knight (see hippeastrum n.). 1. a. One who rides on horseback, a rider; one skilled in riding and managing a horse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] styera1340 upstyerc1340 prickera1350 chevalier1377 sittera1382 ridera1400 horsemanc1400 horse-rider1580 cavalier1596 equestrian1791 bestrider1830 Macadamite1860 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > skilled horsemanc1400 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > skilled rider horseman1583 school rider1852 workman1868 c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 401 Another noyse than herd i sone, Als it war of horsmen. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 277 O there is a good horseman: O brave rider. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 131 To pass simply for a good horseman, or a fine dancer. a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) App. i. 550 These Spanish Arabians..were great horsemen, and particularly fond of horses. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 349 These letters..were sent by horsemen to the nearest country post towns on the different roads. †b. spec. A mounted soldier. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier horsemanc1275 chevalier1377 roiter1579 prancer1593 cavalier1596 trooper1640 cavalry soldier1852 plunger1854 cavalry man1860 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13285 Heo letten alle þa horsmen i þan wude alihten. c1302 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 189 Sixtene hundred of horsmen asemblede o the gras. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. ix. 16 The noumbre of the hoost of horsemen twenty thousynd. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxviij Among the Frenchmen were certaine light horsmen called Stradiotes. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 99 Notwithstanding he had also a horse-man Cuirasse. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1880) II. xxi. 529 A horseman in the uniform of the Guards spurred through the City, announcing that the King had been killed. c. A knight. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] knighta1100 riderlOE eques1583 horseman1596 knighthooda1616 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 13 In Galloway ar horsmen, Barounes, and vthiris noble men mony. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iv. ii. 337 Both at Athens and Sparta ἱππεῖς, horsemen, composed the second order in the commonwealth. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxii. 253 The Knights or Horsemen, the body of richest proprietors at Athens, were the mainstay of the Thirty. d. horseman's bed (in Ireland), a tenement of a certain size. horseman's hammer, a hammer-shaped mace, a medieval weapon. horseman's weight, the weight by which a jockey is weighed, applied to the legal stone of fourteen pounds. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > leasehold land or tenement > types of pendicle1420 cottage1467 horseman's beda1687 cottagery1697 flatshare1965 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > required or suitable weight of rider > weight for weighing rider horseman's weight1828 a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 107 As to these town-lands, plough-lands, colps, greeves..horseman's beds, etc., they are at this day manifestly unequal. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 413 Also, 14 pounds make 1 stone, horseman's weight, and 8 pounds 1 stone, in the London markets. 2. A man who attends to horses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager horse-keeperc1440 horse marshal1508 horse-master?1523 jockey1640 guarda-caballo1808 pony-man1851 pony boy1858 horseman1882 tackman1885 barn-boss1902 1882 W. D. Howells in Longman's Mag. 1 55 I heard myself indicated in a whisper as ‘one of the horse-men’. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Horseman, the man who attends upon and travels with a stallion. 1898 H. R. Haggard in Daily News 28 Sept. 6/5 The agricultural labourer..works from six to six..horsemen and cattlemen work longer. 3. A variety of fancy pigeons: see quot. 1867. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 31 The oftener it is thus bred [from a Carrier] the stouter the Horseman becomes. 1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 444 The Tame or House-Pidgeons are called..Horsemen, Tumblers, and Great Reds... The Horseman Pidgeon is something of the Carrier's Nature. 1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons vii. 79 In many of the older treatises an inferior variety of the Carrier was described under the name of the Horseman. Categories » 4. Ichthyology. A sciænoid fish of the genus Eques found on the coasts of Central America. 5. See also light horseman n. Light and Heavy Horsemen, slang names for certain Thames thieves. ΚΠ 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xviii. 124 ‘There's a lighter adrift,’ said I... ‘The Light Horsemen have cut her adrift.’ 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xviii. 126 Light Horsemen..—that's a name for one set of people who live by plunder... Then we have the Heavy Horsemen,—they do their work in daytime, when they go on board as Lumpers to clear the ships. 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