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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Every horseman with a racing stable, breeding farm or training center operates a small business.
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Mark Casse, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
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.
—Bob Wisener, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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
In Mexico, a charro is a horseman from the countryside with a history dating back to the 16th century.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
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Mark Casse, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
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.
—Bob Wisener, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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
In Mexico, a charro is a horseman from the countryside with a history dating back to the 16th century.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Horseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseman. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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