horseman
part of speech
noun (a horseman, horsemen); feminine: horsewoman, horsewomen
meaning for a pupil
1) A horseman is a man who rides a horse, especially one who rides well. tree →
2) A horseman is a soldier or traveller on horseback in history and stories. tree →
3) (Bible) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are four riders in the Book of Revelation who stand for war, famine, disease and death. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Nahum paints a picture of an attacking army to show the fall of Nineveh. The tradition reads it as God's judgment on a cruel city. In the primary lessons: In history lessons horsemen are cavalry, knights, messengers and nomad riders such as the Mongols. In stories a horseman galloping in often brings news or danger; «the Headless Horseman» is the ghost in «The Legend of Sleepy Hollow». In everyday life it means a good rider. Phrases: «a skilled horseman», «a lone horseman», «the Four Horsemen».
examples
- The horseman charging, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear; and a multitude of slain, and a heap of carcases; and there is no end of the corpses, and they stumble upon their corpses; (Prophets NAM.3.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- A lone horseman rode across the hills at sunset. tree →
- Grandad was a fine horseman when he was young. tree →
- The Mongol horsemen could ride for days without stopping. tree →
- A horseman brought the news of the battle to the king. tree →
- My cousin wants to be a horsewoman and enter show jumping. tree →
- The Headless Horseman chases Ichabod Crane in the old American story. tree →
- In the Bible the Four Horsemen appear in the Book of Revelation. tree →
- Ten horsemen trotted past the farm. tree →
- At last the horseman reached the foot of the hill. tree →
note
Plural «horsemen», not «horsemans». A woman rider is a «horsewoman»; a neutral word is «rider» or «equestrian». «Horsemanship» is the skill of riding and caring for horses. In maths problems count horsemen as people: 6 horsemen means 6 people and 6 horses unless told otherwise (so 24 horse legs and 12 human legs).
In the corpora
- And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company.
- And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs.
- And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
- clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «horseman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.