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HORSEBACK RIDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man skilled in equitation
Synonyms:
equestrian; horseback rider; horseman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("horseback rider" is a kind of...):
rider (a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horseback rider"):
picador (the horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low)
bronco buster; broncobuster; buster (a person who breaks horses)
fox hunter (a mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox)
horsewoman (a woman horseman)
jockey (someone employed to ride horses in horse races)
postilion; postillion (someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman))
roughrider (a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle)
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