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# jockey

«jockey» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who rides a horse in a race** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (jockeys); verb (jockeys, jockeyed, jockeying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A jockey is a person who rides a horse in a race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jockey/#m1)

2) (old use) In fairy tales a jockey is a small rider who sits on one of the horses pulling a carriage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jockey/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons a jockey rides a racehorse, or in old stories rides ahead of a coach

### examples

- The jockey wore a bright red cap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jockey/#x1)
- The race was won by a jockey on a grey horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jockey/#x2)
- Two little jockeys rode in front of the golden carriage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jockey/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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