In the leaden backdrop of the dawn, the horseman stands in silence, the long mane of his horse, disheveled by the wind.
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Horseman
//ˈhɔɹsmən//
Synonyms for "horseman" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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4 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kalorës noun (man who rides a horse)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ἱππεύς noun (man who rides a horse)
- ἱππεύς noun (soldier on horseback)
- ἱππότης noun (man who rides a horse)
Arabic
2 entries- رَاكِب noun (man who rides a horse)
- فَارِس noun (man who rides a horse)
Armenian
4 entries- հեծյալ noun (man who rides a horse)
- հեծյալ noun (soldier on horseback)
- ձիավոր noun (man who rides a horse)
- ձիավոր noun (soldier on horseback)
Aromanian
4 entries- cavalarã noun (man who rides a horse)
- cãlãrets noun (man who rides a horse)
- cãvãlar noun (man who rides a horse)
- sufari noun (man who rides a horse)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- atlı noun (man who rides a horse)
Belarusian
2 entries- ве́ршнік noun (man who rides a horse)
- нае́знік noun (man who rides a horse)
Bengali
2 entries- অশ্বারোহী noun (man who rides a horse)
- ঘোড়সওয়ার noun (man who rides a horse)
Bulgarian
4 entries- езда́ч noun (man who rides a horse)
- кавалери́ст noun (soldier on horseback)
- ко́нник noun (man who rides a horse)
- ко́нник noun (soldier on horseback)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 騎手 /骑手 noun (man who rides a horse)
Church Slavic
1 entries- въсадьникъ noun (man who rides a horse)
Coptic
1 entries- ϭⲁⲥⲓϩⲑⲟ noun (man who rides a horse)
Czech
1 entries- jezdec noun (man who rides a horse)
Danish
1 entries- rytter noun (man who rides a horse)
Dutch
1 entries- ruiter noun (man who rides a horse)
Estonian
1 entries- ratsanik noun (man who rides a horse)
Finnish
3 entries- hevosmies noun (man skilled in horsemanship)
- ratsumies noun (man who rides a horse)
- ratsumies noun (soldier on horseback)
French
2 entries- cavalier noun (man who rides a horse)
- cavalier noun (soldier on horseback)
Galician
1 entries- ginete noun (man who rides a horse)
Georgian
3 entries- კავალერისტი noun (soldier on horseback)
- მხედარი noun (man who rides a horse)
- ცხენოსანი noun (man who rides a horse)
German
1 entries- Reiter noun (man who rides a horse)
Greek
3 entries- αλογάνθρωπος noun (man skilled in horsemanship)
- ιππέας noun (man who rides a horse)
- καβαλάρης noun (soldier on horseback)
Hebrew
3 entries- פָּרָשׁ noun (man who rides a horse)
- פָּרָשׁ noun (soldier on horseback)
- רַכָּב noun (man who rides a horse)
Hindi
3 entries- अश्वरोही noun (man who rides a horse)
- घुड़सवार noun (man who rides a horse)
- सवार noun (man who rides a horse)
Hungarian
1 entries- lovas noun (man who rides a horse)
Icelandic
3 entries- hestamaður noun (man who rides a horse)
- reiðmaður noun (man who rides a horse)
- riddari noun (man who rides a horse)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اَسْبسَوار noun (man who rides a horse)
- سَوار noun (man who rides a horse)
Irish
3 entries- eachaí noun (man who rides a horse)
- eachmharcach noun (man who rides a horse)
- marcach noun (man who rides a horse)
Italian
1 entries- cavaliere noun (man who rides a horse)
Japanese
1 entries- 騎手 noun (man who rides a horse)
Kazakh
1 entries- салт атты noun (man who rides a horse)
Khmer
2 entries- សាទិន noun (man who rides a horse)
- អ្នកជិះសេះ noun (man who rides a horse)
Korean
2 entries- 기병 noun (soldier on horseback)
- 기수 noun (man who rides a horse)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- атчан noun (man who rides a horse)
Lao
1 entries- ຄົນຂີ່ມ້າ noun (man who rides a horse)
Latgalian
2 entries- juojiejs noun (man who rides a horse)
- raitinīks noun (man who rides a horse)
Latin
1 entries- eques noun (man who rides a horse)
Latvian
2 entries- jājējs noun (man who rides a horse)
- jātnieks noun (man who rides a horse)
Lithuanian
2 entries- jojikas noun (man who rides a horse)
- raitelis noun (man who rides a horse)
Macedonian
4 entries- кавалери́ст noun (soldier on horseback)
- ко́њаник noun (man who rides a horse)
- ко́њаник noun (soldier on horseback)
- ко́њик noun (man who rides a horse)
Manx
2 entries- markiagh noun (man who rides a horse)
- markiagh noun (soldier on horseback)
Middle English
2 entries- horsman noun (man who rides a horse)
- horsman noun (soldier on horseback)
Mongolian
1 entries- морьтон noun (man who rides a horse)
Māori
1 entries- kaieke hōiho noun (man who rides a horse)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rytter noun (man who rides a horse)
Old English
2 entries- ridda noun (man who rides a horse)
- ridda noun (soldier on horseback)
Polish
4 entries- jeździec noun (man who rides a horse)
- jeździec noun (man skilled in horsemanship)
- kawalerzysta noun (soldier on horseback)
- koniarz noun (man skilled in horsemanship)
Portuguese
2 entries- cavaleiro noun (man who rides a horse)
- cavaleiro noun (soldier on horseback)
Romanian
2 entries- cavaler noun (soldier on horseback)
- călăreț noun (man who rides a horse)
Russian
3 entries- вса́дник noun (man who rides a horse)
- кавалери́ст noun (soldier on horseback)
- нае́здник noun (man who rides a horse)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अश्वक noun (man who rides a horse)
- यावन् noun (man who rides a horse)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- marcach noun (man who rides a horse)
- marcach noun (soldier on horseback)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jàhāč noun (man who rides a horse)
- kȍnjanīk noun (man who rides a horse)
- ко̏њанӣк noun (man who rides a horse)
- ја̀ха̄ч noun (man who rides a horse)
Sikkimese
1 entries- རྟ་པོ noun (man who rides a horse)
Slovak
1 entries- jazdec noun (man who rides a horse)
Slovene
2 entries- jahač noun (man who rides a horse)
- jezdec noun (man who rides a horse)
Southern Altai
1 entries- атту noun (man who rides a horse)
Spanish
3 entries- caballero noun (man who rides a horse)
- caballero noun (soldier on horseback)
- jinete noun (man who rides a horse)
Swedish
2 entries- kavallerist noun (soldier on horseback)
- ryttare noun (man who rides a horse)
Tashelhit
2 entries- amnay noun (man who rides a horse)
- amnay noun (man skilled in horsemanship)
Tatar
1 entries- җайдак noun (man who rides a horse)
Telugu
1 entries- రౌతు noun (man who rides a horse)
Thai
1 entries- นักขี่ม้า noun (man who rides a horse)
Turkish
3 entries- atlı noun (man who rides a horse)
- atlı noun (soldier on horseback)
- süvari noun (soldier on horseback)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ве́ршник noun (man who rides a horse)
- кавалери́ст noun (soldier on horseback)
- кінно́тник noun (soldier on horseback)
- наї́зник noun (man who rides a horse)
Urdu
2 entries- سَوار noun (man who rides a horse)
- گُھڑ سَوار noun (man who rides a horse)
Uzbek
1 entries- otliq noun (man who rides a horse)
Vietnamese
3 entries- kị mã noun (man who rides a horse)
- kị sĩ noun (man who rides a horse)
- người cưỡi ngựa noun (man who rides a horse)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The horseman is headless.
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Tom was an expert horseman.
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My ancestor was a Mongolian horseman.
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