1
: a rider or driver of horses
especially
: one whose skill is exceptional
2
: a person skilled in caring for or managing horses
3
: a person who breeds or raises horses
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Hot Springs horseman Ted Bowman owns Speed King, a Volatile colt, whose next race at Oaklawn has not been determined, Moquett said, in a second post-Southwest workout.
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Bob Wisener, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Pedestrians captured by safety cameras can be rendered as zombies onscreen, with cyclists and motorcycles appearing as headless horsemen.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
Sheridan has appeared several times throughout the series and this current season, in the role of Travis, a horseman and trainer who’s done business with the Duttons.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
The heir apparent was his older brother Bassel—a military commander and an accomplished horseman whom the regime’s loyalists sometimes referred to as the Golden Knight.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Bob Wisener, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Pedestrians captured by safety cameras can be rendered as zombies onscreen, with cyclists and motorcycles appearing as headless horsemen.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
Sheridan has appeared several times throughout the series and this current season, in the role of Travis, a horseman and trainer who’s done business with the Duttons.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
The heir apparent was his older brother Bassel—a military commander and an accomplished horseman whom the regime’s loyalists sometimes referred to as the Golden Knight.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Horseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseman. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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