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# horseman

«horseman» in Mova's school dictionary: **a man who rides a horse, especially one who rides well** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a horseman, horsemen); feminine: horsewoman, horsewomen

### meaning for a pupil

1) A horseman is a man who rides a horse, especially one who rides well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#m1)

2) A horseman is a soldier or traveller on horseback in history and stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#m2)

3) (Bible) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are four riders in the Book of Revelation who stand for war, famine, disease and death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons horsemen are cavalry, knights, messengers and nomad riders such as the Mongols. In stories a horseman galloping in often brings news or danger; «the Headless Horseman» is the ghost in «The Legend of Sleepy Hollow». In everyday life it means a good rider. Phrases: «a skilled horseman», «a lone horseman», «the Four Horsemen».

### examples

- A lone horseman rode across the hills at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x1)
- Grandad was a fine horseman when he was young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x2)
- The Mongol horsemen could ride for days without stopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x3)
- A horseman brought the news of the battle to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x4)
- My cousin wants to be a horsewoman and enter show jumping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x5)
- The Headless Horseman chases Ichabod Crane in the old American story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x6)
- In the Bible the Four Horsemen appear in the Book of Revelation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x7)
- Ten horsemen trotted past the farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x8)
- At last the horseman reached the foot of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/#x9)

### note

Plural «horsemen», not «horsemans». A woman rider is a «horsewoman»; a neutral word is «rider» or «equestrian». «Horsemanship» is the skill of riding and caring for horses. In maths problems count horsemen as people: 6 horsemen means 6 people and 6 horses unless told otherwise (so 24 horse legs and 12 human legs).

### In the corpora

- [The headless horseman is an old legend, made famous in a story by Washington Irving in 1820.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/13/)
- [And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1644/)
- [And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.162/)
- [And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.427/)
- [And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.448/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «horseman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.