Horseman
nounA man who rides a horse, especially one skilled at riding.
How to spell horseman
8 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce horseman
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does horseman mean?
- nounA man who rides a horse, especially one skilled at riding.
Horseman in a sentence
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The experienced horseman guided his mount over the fence with ease.
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Every horseman in the cavalry unit trained daily on the parade ground.
Where does horseman come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This is a native English compound, joining 'horse' and 'man', both of which descend directly from Old English. 'Horse' comes from Old English 'hors', a Germanic word with cousins in Old Norse 'hross' and Old High German 'hros', referring to the familiar riding and working animal. 'Man' goes back to Old English 'mann', which originally meant simply 'a person' before narrowing to mean an adult male. The compound 'horseman' appears in English texts well before 1300, describing a rider, and the spelling is wholly transparent: it is exactly the two everyday words written together, so the only real care needed is remembering it is a single closed word rather than two.
How the word is built
- horse (the animal)
- man (adult male, agent)
Words that sound like horseman
They sound the same but mean different things, so the meaning decides which spelling to write.
- horsemen: Men who ride or are skilled at riding horses.
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