red horsen.

Brit.

/ˈrɛd ˌhɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈrɛd ˌhɔrs/

Forms: 1700s– red horse, 1800s red hoss.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., horse n.

Etymology: < red adj. + horse n.With the form red hoss compare hoss n.

North American.

a. Any of various North American suckers (freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae), of the genus Moxostoma or related genera, having the lower fins (and often the dorsal fin and tail) bright red or orange. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also more fully red horse fish, red horse sucker.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > unspecified and miscellaneous types

sucker1753

jumping-mullet1767

buffalo-fish1774

buffalo1789

red horse1796

sucking carp1804

carpsucker1828

hogmolly1877

hogsucker1877

suckerel1888

hog mullet1889

1796 B. Hawkins Let. in Georgia Hist. Soc. Coll. IX. 38 This is the most valuable creek known here for..trout, perch, rock, red horse.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 663 The rivers are well stocked with..trout, perch, cat-fish, buffaloe-fish, red horse, eels, &c.

1866 Athletic Sports for Boys 142 For bait you can use minnows, large chubs, small suckers, red-horse, or frogs.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 437 The ‘Red Horses’ belong to the genus Moxostoma and the related Minytrema and Placopharynx, and usually have their lower fins bright red.

1927 R. H. Early Campbell Chron. & Family Sketches 132 Red horse fish from the Staunton run up into Otter river.

1949 ‘J. Nelson’ Backwoods Teacher 11 He showed us a ‘red horse’ swimming among the roots of a willow.

1992 Canad. Geographic Mar. 23 There are even a few [freshwater fishes] exclusive to the Richelieu River basin, like the copper redhorse, a shy member of the sucker family.

1996 Vermont Life Autumn 92/2 On this short river he has landed..bluegills, crappies, red-horse suckers, river suckers, [etc.].

b. U.S. regional (southern). The red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. rare.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > genus Sciaena > sciaena ocellata (red drum)

bass1530

drummer1615

drum1649

red drum1709

drummer fish1725

red fish1763

red sciaena1803

red bass1837

spot1864

school bass1869

channel bass1873

spotfish1875

masooka1884

red horse1884

red1958

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 372 The ‘Red Fish’ and ‘Red Horse’ of Florida and the Gulf States.

1909 Outing Nov. 203/2 At the mouth of the James River the red drum is called the drum;..on the Indian River, the red horse.

1966 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. IV. 524/2 [Kinds of saltwater fish..good to eat:] Redhorse.

2. U.S. A nickname for: a native of Kentucky. Now rare (historical in later use).

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states

Marylander1640

Rhode Islander1665

Jerseyman1679

Pennsylvanian1685

Carolinian1705

Georgian1732

Marylandian1750

Jersey blue1758

Californian1762

Louisianian1775

Mississippian1775

Acadian1776

Vermonteer1778

Kentuckian1779

Vermontese1783

Indianian1784

Cohee1786

Kentuck1789

Virginian1797

Michiganian1813

Michigan1814

Tennessean1815

Ohioan1818

Illinoian1819

Ohian1819

Missourian1820

buckeye1823

Vermonter1825

Hoosier1826

red horse1833

sucker1833

wolverine1833

puke1834

corn-cracker1835

Texian1835

Alaskan1836

Texan1837

Michigander1838

Oregonian1838

Rackensack1839

Arkansian1844

badger1844

Bay Stater1845

Lone Star Stater1845

Oregonese1845

tar-boiler1845

weasel1845

web foot1845

Alabaman1846

Iowanc1848

Arkansan1851

Minnesotian1851

Washingtonian1852

Minnesotan1854

Nebraskan1854

Kansian1855

Utahan1855

Floridan1856

fly-up-the-creek1857

Dakotian1861

Coloradan1862

Coloradian1862

Texican1863

Coloradoan1864

tarheel1864

Cajun1868

Kansan1868

Montanian1869

Floridian1870

mudcat1872

New Jerseyan1872

Arkansawyer1874

longhorn1876

Mainer1879

New Jerseyite1885

prune picker1892

Hawaiian1893

Oklahoman1894

Tex1909

blue hen's chicken1921

Tejano1925

Geechee1926

Arkie1927

sooner1930

wyomingite1930

New Mexican1940

Okie1948

1833 C. F. Hoffman Let. 26 Dec. in N.-Y. Amer. (1834) 22 Feb. 2/1 The spokesman was evidently a ‘red-horse’ from Kentucky.

1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xix. 289 These last have all nicknames. There's the hoosiers of Indiana,..the red horses of Kentucky.

1859 in L. R. Hafen & A. W. Hafen Rep. from Colorado (1961) 17 Here they come..from every place—Hoosiers, Suckers, Corn crackers, Buckeyes, Red-horses.

1938 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 25 28 Travelers soon became suspicious of the superlative language and vaunt of the Kentucky ‘red-horse’, the Ohio ‘buckeye’, and the Illinois ‘sucker’.

3. slang (originally Military). Corned beef.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > salted meat

Martinmas meatc1450

Martinmas beefc1475

powder beef1479

Martinmas flesh1656

Irish horse1748

bully1753

junk1762

salt junk1792

salt horse1836

red horse1864

hunter's beef1879

bullamacow1887

Jack1890

macon1939

1864 I. Jackson Let. 28 June in Some of Boys (1960) 184 I must quit writing and eat supper, which is coffee & Red Hoss.

1905 J. Bowe With 13th Minnesota in Philippines 24 Of bean-soup, hard-tack, and red horse..we have had our fill.

1920 W. B. Ellington Company ‘A’ 23rd Engineers 27 We have red horse and rice pudding for dinner.

1952 C. Sandburg Always Young Strangers 416 Cook Metcalf over a long afternoon had broiled a tinned beef we named ‘Red Horse’.

1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 262 There is also diner slang, shouted colorfully from counterman to cook: ketchup is ‘red lead’, tomato soup ‘red noise’, and corned beef ‘red horse’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red horse
释义	red horsen. Brit. /ˈrɛd ˌhɔːs/, U.S. /ˈrɛd ˌhɔrs/ Forms: 1700s– red horse, 1800s red hoss. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., horse n. Etymology: < red adj. + horse n.With the form red hoss compare hoss n. North American. 1. a. Any of various North American suckers (freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae), of the genus Moxostoma or related genera, having the lower fins (and often the dorsal fin and tail) bright red or orange. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also more fully red horse fish, red horse sucker. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > unspecified and miscellaneous types sucker1753 jumping-mullet1767 buffalo-fish1774 buffalo1789 red horse1796 sucking carp1804 carpsucker1828 hogmolly1877 hogsucker1877 suckerel1888 hog mullet1889 1796 B. Hawkins Let. in Georgia Hist. Soc. Coll. IX. 38 This is the most valuable creek known here for..trout, perch, rock, red horse. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 663 The rivers are well stocked with..trout, perch, cat-fish, buffaloe-fish, red horse, eels, &c. 1866 Athletic Sports for Boys 142 For bait you can use minnows, large chubs, small suckers, red-horse, or frogs. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 437 The ‘Red Horses’ belong to the genus Moxostoma and the related Minytrema and Placopharynx, and usually have their lower fins bright red. 1927 R. H. Early Campbell Chron. & Family Sketches 132 Red horse fish from the Staunton run up into Otter river. 1949 ‘J. Nelson’ Backwoods Teacher 11 He showed us a ‘red horse’ swimming among the roots of a willow. 1992 Canad. Geographic Mar. 23 There are even a few [freshwater fishes] exclusive to the Richelieu River basin, like the copper redhorse, a shy member of the sucker family. 1996 Vermont Life Autumn 92/2 On this short river he has landed..bluegills, crappies, red-horse suckers, river suckers, [etc.]. b. U.S. regional (southern). The red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > genus Sciaena > sciaena ocellata (red drum) bass1530 drummer1615 drum1649 red drum1709 drummer fish1725 red fish1763 red sciaena1803 red bass1837 spot1864 school bass1869 channel bass1873 spotfish1875 masooka1884 red horse1884 red1958 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 372 The ‘Red Fish’ and ‘Red Horse’ of Florida and the Gulf States. 1909 Outing Nov. 203/2 At the mouth of the James River the red drum is called the drum;..on the Indian River, the red horse. 1966 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. IV. 524/2 [Kinds of saltwater fish..good to eat:] Redhorse. 2. U.S. A nickname for: a native of Kentucky. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states Marylander1640 Rhode Islander1665 Jerseyman1679 Pennsylvanian1685 Carolinian1705 Georgian1732 Marylandian1750 Jersey blue1758 Californian1762 Louisianian1775 Mississippian1775 Acadian1776 Vermonteer1778 Kentuckian1779 Vermontese1783 Indianian1784 Cohee1786 Kentuck1789 Virginian1797 Michiganian1813 Michigan1814 Tennessean1815 Ohioan1818 Illinoian1819 Ohian1819 Missourian1820 buckeye1823 Vermonter1825 Hoosier1826 red horse1833 sucker1833 wolverine1833 puke1834 corn-cracker1835 Texian1835 Alaskan1836 Texan1837 Michigander1838 Oregonian1838 Rackensack1839 Arkansian1844 badger1844 Bay Stater1845 Lone Star Stater1845 Oregonese1845 tar-boiler1845 weasel1845 web foot1845 Alabaman1846 Iowanc1848 Arkansan1851 Minnesotian1851 Washingtonian1852 Minnesotan1854 Nebraskan1854 Kansian1855 Utahan1855 Floridan1856 fly-up-the-creek1857 Dakotian1861 Coloradan1862 Coloradian1862 Texican1863 Coloradoan1864 tarheel1864 Cajun1868 Kansan1868 Montanian1869 Floridian1870 mudcat1872 New Jerseyan1872 Arkansawyer1874 longhorn1876 Mainer1879 New Jerseyite1885 prune picker1892 Hawaiian1893 Oklahoman1894 Tex1909 blue hen's chicken1921 Tejano1925 Geechee1926 Arkie1927 sooner1930 wyomingite1930 New Mexican1940 Okie1948 1833 C. F. Hoffman Let. 26 Dec. in N.-Y. Amer. (1834) 22 Feb. 2/1 The spokesman was evidently a ‘red-horse’ from Kentucky. 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xix. 289 These last have all nicknames. There's the hoosiers of Indiana,..the red horses of Kentucky. 1859 in L. R. Hafen & A. W. Hafen Rep. from Colorado (1961) 17 Here they come..from every place—Hoosiers, Suckers, Corn crackers, Buckeyes, Red-horses. 1938 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 25 28 Travelers soon became suspicious of the superlative language and vaunt of the Kentucky ‘red-horse’, the Ohio ‘buckeye’, and the Illinois ‘sucker’. 3. slang (originally Military). Corned beef. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > salted meat Martinmas meatc1450 Martinmas beefc1475 powder beef1479 Martinmas flesh1656 Irish horse1748 bully1753 junk1762 salt junk1792 salt horse1836 red horse1864 hunter's beef1879 bullamacow1887 Jack1890 macon1939 1864 I. Jackson Let. 28 June in Some of Boys (1960) 184 I must quit writing and eat supper, which is coffee & Red Hoss. 1905 J. Bowe With 13th Minnesota in Philippines 24 Of bean-soup, hard-tack, and red horse..we have had our fill. 1920 W. B. Ellington Company ‘A’ 23rd Engineers 27 We have red horse and rice pudding for dinner. 1952 C. Sandburg Always Young Strangers 416 Cook Metcalf over a long afternoon had broiled a tinned beef we named ‘Red Horse’. 1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 262 There is also diner slang, shouted colorfully from counterman to cook: ketchup is ‘red lead’, tomato soup ‘red noise’, and corned beef ‘red horse’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1796
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