warhorse

war·horse

noun \-ˌhȯrs\

Definition of WARHORSE

1

: a horse used in war : charger

2

: a person with long experience in a field; especially : a veteran soldier or public person (as a politician)

3

: something (as a work of art or musical composition) that has become overly familiar or hackneyed due to much repetition in the standard repertoire

Examples of WARHORSE

1. the Democratic warhorse in the Senate
2. a general who describes himself as an old warhorse
3. a new production of an old warhorse

First Known Use of WARHORSE

15th century

Related to WARHORSE

Synonyms: doyen, old hand, old-timer, stager, vet, veteran

Antonyms: beginner, colt, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, novice, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro

Related Words: doyenne; adept, dab hand [chiefly British], expert, guru, hand, master, maven (also mavin), past master, pro, professional

Near Antonyms: apprentice, cub; boot, novitiate; amateur, dilettante; learner, student, trainee; candidate, entrant, probationer

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Rhymes with WARHORSE

clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse