单词 | horse racer |
释义 | horse racern. 1. One who keeps horses for racing; one who rides horses in races, a jockey. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider skipjack1608 horse racerc1618 rider1632 stager1638 jockeya1684 horse-jockey1782 jock1826 equison1846 hoop1941 pilot1976 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > owner ownerOE horse-courser1755 horse racer1888 c1618 J. Bruen in W. Hinde Life (1641) xi. 38 A good rule for our horse-racers, rank riders, and hot-spurre hunters. 1733 Weekly Reg. 8 Dec. Song-singers, horse-racers, valets-de-chambre. 1888 Athenæum 22 Sept. 381/1 The first Lord Godolphin was a horse-racer as well as gambler undoubtedly. 2. U.S. (See quot. 1833) ΚΠ 1833 M. Brooks Zòphiel v. (note) The ring necked serpent... From the extreme swiftness of its movements, it received from the English settlers the name of horse-racer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1618 |
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