horseman

English

A drawing of a horseman.

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse +‎ man.

horseman (plural horsemen)

A man who rides a horse.
A soldier on horseback.
A man skilled in horsemanship.
(Britain, agriculture, obsolete) A man in charge of work horses.
A swift-running land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies.
(obsolete) A West Indian fish of the genus Equetes

man who rides a horse

Japanese: (for both of man and woman) 騎手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
Latgalian: raitinīks m, juojiejs m
Latin: eques (la) m
Latvian: jātnieks m
Manx: markiagh m
Maori: kaieke hōiho
Persian: سوار‎ (fa) (savâr)
Polish: jeździec (pl) m
Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m
Romanian: călăreț (ro) m
Russian: вса́дник (ru) m (vsádnik), нае́здник (ru) m (najézdnik)
Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јахач m, коњаник m

Roman: jahač (sh) m, konjanik (sh) m
Spanish: caballero (es) m
Swedish: ryttare (sv) c
Telugu: రౌతు (te) (rautu)
Thai: นักขี่ม้า (nák-kìi-máa)
Turkish: atlı (tr)

soldier on horseback

man skilled in horsemanship

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