horseman

See also: Horseman

English

A drawing of a horseman.

Etymology

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹsmən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːsmən/
• Hyphenation: horse‧man

• Audio (US)

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Noun

horseman (plural horsemen)

2. A man who rides a horse.

   Hypernym: rider

4. A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand,
     Sent from the King to ouercome vs all.

   • 1989 [1988], Karl Jettmar, “The art of the Steppes”, in The History of Art‎^[1], Blitz Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62:

     A royal grave (dated seventh century B.C.) still shows vital details of the conditions of warrior horsemen in their formative phase. This is the grave at Arzan in Tuwa, opened under the guidance of the Nestor of Siberian archeology, M. P. Grjaznov.

   • 2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China‎^[2], volume II, published 2019, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186:

     At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.

6. A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
8. (especially UK, agriculture, archaic) A man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
10. (especially UK, archaic) A man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).
12. (archaic) Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
14. (archaic) Any fish of the genus Equetus.
16. A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.

    Hyponym: centaur

    Coordinate terms: dogman, wolfman

Coordinate terms

• (various senses): horsewoman

Derived terms

• belted horseman (Equetus lanceolatus)
• Four Horsemen, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
• Headless Horseman, headless horseman
• Horseman
• horsemanning
• light-horseman
• spotted horseman (Equetus punctatus)

Related terms

• horse boy, horse girl

Translations

man who rides a horse

• Albanian: kalorës (sq) m
• Arabic: فَارِس (ar) (fāris), رَاكِب m (rākib)
• Armenian: հեծյալ (hy) (hecyal), ձիավոր (hy) (jiavor)
• Aromanian: cãlãrets, cãvãlar, cavalarã, sufari
• Belarusian: ве́ршнік m (vjéršnik), нае́знік m (najéznik)
• Bengali: ঘোড়সওয়ার (bn) (ghōṛośōẇar), অশ্বারোহী (bn) (ośśarōhi)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: amnay m

• Bulgarian: ко́нник m (kónnik), езда́ч (bg) m (ezdáč)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (for both of man and woman) 騎手／骑手 (zh) (qíshǒu)

• Coptic: ϭⲁⲥⲓϩⲑⲟ m (casihtho)
• Czech: jezdec (cs) m
• Danish: rytter (da) c
• Dutch: ruiter (nl) m
• Estonian: ratsanik
• Finnish: ratsumies (fi)
• French: cavalier (fr) m
• Galician: ginete m
• Georgian: ცხენოსანი (cxenosani), მხედარი (mxedari)
• German: Reiter (de) m
• Greek: ιππέας (el) (ippéas)

  Ancient: ἱππεύς m (hippeús), ἱππότης m (hippótēs)

• Hebrew: רַכָּב (he) (rakav), פָּרָשׁ (he) m (parásh)
• Hungarian: lovas (hu)
• Irish: marcach m, eachmharcach m, eachaí m
• Italian: cavaliere (it) m
• Japanese: (for both of man and woman) 騎手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
• Korean: 기수(騎手) (ko) (gisu)
• Latgalian: raitinīks m, juojiejs m
• Latin: eques (la) m
• Latvian: jātnieks m, jājējs m
• Lithuanian: raitelis m, jojikas m
• Macedonian: ко́њаник m (kónjanik), ко́њик m (kónjik), јавач m (javač)
• Manx: markiagh m
• Maori: kaieke hōiho
• Middle English: horsman
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rytter (no) m

• Old English: ridda m
• Persian: سوار (fa) (savâr)
• Polish: jeździec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
• Romanian: călăreț (ro) m
• Russian: вса́дник (ru) m (vsádnik), нае́здник (ru) m (najézdnik)
• Sanskrit: यावन् (sa) m (yāvan)
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ја̀ха̄ч m, ко̏њанӣк m

  Roman: jàhāč (sh) m, kȍnjanīk (sh) m

• Slovak: jazdec m
• Slovene: jezdec (sl) m, jahač m
• Spanish: caballero (es) m, jinete (es) m or f
• Swedish: ryttare (sv) c
• Telugu: రౌతు (te) (rautu)
• Thai: นักขี่ม้า (nák-kìi-máa)
• Turkish: atlı (tr)
• Ukrainian: ве́ршник m (véršnyk), наї́зник m (najíznyk)

soldier on horseback

• Armenian: հեծյալ (hy) (hecyal), ձիավոր (hy) (jiavor)
• Bulgarian: ко́нник m (kónnik), кавалери́ст m (kavaleríst)
• Finnish: ratsumies (fi)
• French: cavalier (fr) m
• Georgian: კავალერისტი (ḳavalerisṭi)
• Greek: καβαλάρης (el) (kavaláris)

  Ancient: ἱππεύς m (hippeús)

• Hebrew: פָּרָשׁ (he) m (parásh)
• Korean: 기병(騎兵) (ko) (gibyeong)
• Macedonian: ко́њаник m (kónjanik), кавалери́ст m (kavaleríst), у́лан m (úlan),
• Manx: markiagh m
• Middle English: horsman m
• Old English: ridda m
• Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
• Romanian: cavaler (ro) m
• Russian: кавалери́ст (ru) m (kavaleríst)
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
• Spanish: caballero (es) m
• Swedish: kavallerist (sv) c
• Turkish: atlı (tr), süvari (tr)
• Ukrainian: кавалери́ст (uk) m (kavalerýst), кінно́тник (uk) m (kinnótnyk)

man skilled in horsemanship

• Berber:

  Tashelhit: amnay m

• Finnish: hevosmies (fi)
• Greek: αλογάνθρωπος (alogánthropos)

Further reading

• horseman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ocypode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ocypode on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Equetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Equetus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• menorahs, rhamnose

Middle English

Noun

horseman

1. Alternative form of horsman