horsen

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English horsen, horsene, equivalent to horse +‎ -en (of or belonging to).

Adjective

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horsen (comparative more horsen, superlative most horsen)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to horses; equine
    • 1558, Warde, Alexis' Secr.:
      Let hym put the Yearth onely, the Floxe, and the Horsen doung.
    • 1773, Thomas Hawkins, Gammer Gurton's needle:
      For laughter: the horsen dolt at last caught up a club, As though he would have slain the master devil, Belsabub, []
    • 1907, William Monks, A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas:
      They were all soon mounted and moving toward West Plains, soon coming to a "horsen" log.
    • 1952, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volume 69:
      [] farm nearly equal to Thurston's: he complained against William Seburne, who under the name Hopkins had as great a total land interest, that 'Seyborne seyde ffoorde was a bawdy knave and a bawdy harlot a horsen knave and that no truth []

Etymology 2

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From Middle English horsen, alternative plural of hors, equivalent to horse +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

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horsen

  1. (obsolete) plural of horse

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Noun

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horsen

  1. plural of hors

Middle English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From hors +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

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horsen

  1. plural of hors

Etymology 2

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From hors +‎ -en (of or belonging to).

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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horsen

  1. Of or pertaining to horses; equine.
Descendants
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  • English: horsen
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Etymology 3

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From Old English horsian; equivalent to hors +‎ -en (infinitive suffix).

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Verb

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horsen

  1. To supply or provide a horse (for).
  2. To get or put on horseback.
  3. (rare, of horses) To copulate.
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This verb is mainly used in its past forms.

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