reinsmann.
/ˈreɪnzmən/, U.S. /ˈreɪnzmən/, Australian English /ˈræenzmən/, New Zealand English /ˈrɑenzmən/ U.S., Australian, and New Zealand.
A person who drives or rides horses, esp. skilfully.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of horses > skilled horses
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1840 Iris Nov. 36 And finally; as the pilot to the ship, as the reinsman to the chariot, as the coryphaeus to the chorus, as the law to the state, as the general to the army, so is God to the universe.
1872 T. De W. Talmage Serm. 34 The experienced reinsman checks the fiery steed at the first jump.
1904 N.Y. Times 13 Dec. 7 A number of well-known amateur reinsmen started from the Harlem River Speedway.
1969 Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 27/1 Western Districts reinsman Gordon McWilliam lost a battle of tactics behind the hot favourite, Cocky Raider.
1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. i. 9/4 The Cambridge reinsman R. F. Mitchell..had a farewell present at Cambridge last night when he drove Pompano Prince to victory.
2002 Western Horseman Jan. 74 (caption) His career as a competing reinsman spans more than five decades.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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