horseman

horseman
/hawrs"meuhn/, n., pl. horsemen.
1. a person who is skilled in riding a horse.
2. a person on horseback.
3. a person who owns, breeds, trains, or tends horses.
[1175-1225; ME horsman. See HORSE, -MAN]

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