different between horseman vs caballero

English

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Etymology

From Middle English horsman, equivalent to horse +? man.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?rsm?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??sm?n/
• Hyphenation: horse?man

Noun

horseman (plural horsemen)

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

Synonyms

• equestrian

Translations

See also

• horseman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• menorahs, rhamnose

Middle English

Noun

horseman

1. Alternative form of horsman

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier.

Noun

caballero (plural caballeros or caballeroes)

1. A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
2. A Spanish gentleman.
3. A Spanish line dance.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin caball?rius, from Latin caballus. Equivalent to caballo +? -ero. Cognate with English cavalier.

Pronunciation

Noun

caballero m (plural caballeros)

1. gentleman

   Synonym: señor

2. (especially South America) cowboy

   Synonyms: vaquero, (Argentina) gaucho, (Mexico) charro, (Chile) huaso

3. horseman

   Synonym: jinete

4. knight
5. cavalier

Derived terms

Further reading

• “caballero” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.