different between horseman vs trailhand

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

Alternative forms

• trail hand

Etymology

trail +? hand

Noun

trailhand (plural trailhands)

1. (US) A cowboy or skilled horseman who routinely rides through the rural countryside.
   • 2003, Sara Campbell, "When a horseback ride turns into horror on the hoof," The Dallas Morning News, 6 Jul.,

     I've gone horseback riding many times since I was a little girl, and my 9-year-old daughter Emily considered herself an old trailhand.

2. (US) In the Old West, a mounted worker employed on a cattle drive.