horseman

English

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A drawing of a horseman.

Etymology

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔrsmən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːsmən/
• Hyphenation: horse‧man

Noun

horseman (plural horsemen)

1. A man who rides a horse.
2. A soldier on horseback.
3. A man skilled in horsemanship.
4. (UK, agriculture, obsolete) A man in charge of work horses.
5. A swift-running land crab of the genus , living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies.
6. (obsolete) A West Indian fish of the genus

Synonyms

• equestrian

Translations

man who rides a horse

• Albanian: kalorës (sq) m
• Arabic: فَارِس (ar) (fāris)
• Armenian: հեծյալ (hy) (hecyal), ձիավոր (hy) (jiavor)
• Aromanian: cãlãrets, cãvãlar, cavalarã, sufari
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: amnay m

• Bulgarian: конник m (konnik), ездач (bg) m (ezdač)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: ruiter (nl) m
• Finnish: ratsumies (fi)
• French: cavalier (fr) m
• Georgian: ცხენოსანი (cxenosani), მხედარი (mxedari)
• German: Reiter (de) m
• Greek: ιππέας (el) (ippéas)

  Ancient: ἱππεύς m (hippeús)

• Hebrew: רַכָּב (he) (rakav)
• Hungarian: lovas (hu)
• Irish: marcach m, eachmharcach m, eachaí m
• Italian: cavaliere (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: (for both of man and woman) 騎手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
• Latgalian: raitinīks m, juojiejs m
• Latin: eques (la) m
• Latvian: jātnieks m
• Manx: markiagh m
• Maori: kaieke hōiho
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јахач m, коњаник m

  Roman: jahač (sh) m, konjanik (sh) m

• Spanish: caballero (es) m
• Swedish: ryttare (sv) c
• Telugu: రౌతు (te) (rautu)
• Thai: นักขี่ม้า (nák-kìi-máa)
• Turkish: atlı (tr)

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: коњаник m (konjanik)
• Manx: markiagh m
• Old English: ridda m
• Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
• Romanian: cavaler (ro) m
• Russian: кавалери́ст (ru) m (kavaleríst)
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
• Swedish: kavallerist c
• Turkish: atlı (tr), süvari (tr)

man skilled in horsemanship

• Berber:

  Tashelhit: amnay m

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: hevosmies (fi)
• Greek: αλογάνθρωπος (alogánthropos)

See also

• horseman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• menorahs, rhamnose