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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Ride horseback with local gauchos (skilled horsemen) near the quaint towns of Cachi or Cafayate.
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Carola Fresno, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Reiner's a five-time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo as a bareback horseman, consistently ranked as one of the world's top ten in his sport.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Bey, a lifelong horseman and Black cowboy, will compete in the roping competition.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Between real and fiction, between the sacred and the profane, Bardi follows an itinerant brotherhood of horsemen across central Morocco.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
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Carola Fresno, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Reiner's a five-time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo as a bareback horseman, consistently ranked as one of the world's top ten in his sport.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Bey, a lifelong horseman and Black cowboy, will compete in the roping competition.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Between real and fiction, between the sacred and the profane, Bardi follows an itinerant brotherhood of horsemen across central Morocco.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
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“Horseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseman. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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