Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.
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Horsetail
//ˈhɔː(ɹ)s.teɪl//
Synonyms for "horsetail" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(2 words)
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15 entriesderived from
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16 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- këputje noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἵππουρις noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Arabic
2 entries- ذَنَب الْخَيْل noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- كِنْبَاث noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Aramaic
3 entries- בטבוט noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- שׁבטביטא noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- ܫܒܱܛܒܳܛܳܐ noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Armenian
2 entries- ասլանճ noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- ձիաձետ noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡырҡбыуын шыршы үләне noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Bulgarian
2 entries- конска опашка noun (Turkish standard)
- хвощ noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Catalan
2 entries- cua de cavall noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- equiset noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 問荊 /问荆 noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Czech
1 entries- přeslička noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Danish
2 entries- padderok noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- padderokke noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Dutch
1 entries- paardenstaart noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- кидпунчемшудо noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- урвоч noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Faroese
2 entries- bjølga noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- bjølluvísa noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Finnish
1 entries- korte noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
French
1 entries- prêle noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Galician
2 entries- rabo de cabalo noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- xestela noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
German
2 entries- Kannenkraut noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- Schachtelhalm noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Greek
4 entries- εκουιζέτο noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- ιππουρίδα noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- ιππουρίδα noun (Turkish standard)
- ιππουρίς noun (Turkish standard)
Hebrew
1 entries- שְׁבַטְבָּט noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Hungarian
2 entries- lófarok noun (tail of a horse)
- zsurló noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Icelandic
1 entries- elfting noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Ingrian
1 entries- pökköheinä noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Irish
1 entries- eireaball capaill noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Italian
1 entries- coda di cavallo noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Japanese
2 entries- 木賊 noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- 杉菜 noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Komi-Zyrian
2 entries- куз noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- урбӧж noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Korean
2 entries- 말꼬리 noun (tail of a horse)
- 쇠뜨기 noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Latgalian
2 entries- ašķi noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- skūrsta noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Latin
1 entries- equisētum noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Latvian
1 entries- kosa noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Lithuanian
1 entries- asiūklis noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Livonian
1 entries- vȯžā noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Macedonian
1 entries- коњско опавче noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Middle English
1 entries- horstaile noun (tail of a horse)
Navajo
1 entries- ałtį́į́ʼ jikʼaashí noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Norman
1 entries- coue d'rat noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- ларысь noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Norwegian
1 entries- snelle noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آت قویروغی noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Persian
1 entries- دم اسبی noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Polish
1 entries- skrzyp noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Portuguese
1 entries- cavalinha noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Romanian
2 entries- barba-ursului noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- coada-calului noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Russian
2 entries- бунчу́к noun (Turkish standard)
- хвощ noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prȅslica noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- пре̏слица noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Slovak
1 entries- praslička noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Slovene
1 entries- prẹ́slica noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Spanish
2 entries- cola de caballo noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- equisetácea noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Swedish
1 entries- fräken noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Tatar
1 entries- наратбаш noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Turkish
2 entries- atkuyruğu noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- kırkkilit noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Udmurt
2 entries- коньыбыж noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
- шилан noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Votic
1 entries- õzʹzʹõ noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Welsh
2 entries- marchrawn noun (tail of a horse)
- marchrawn noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Western Mari
1 entries- урвач noun (plant of the order Equisetales)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
They were psychic mediums that wore a horsetail hairstyle. They believed that their long hair acted as cosmic antennae to receive alien communication from beyond.
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The woman was tall and rail-thin, bony across the shoulders and breast, with arms and legs of wire and gristle. A fighter, she wore the traditional haircut, shaved temples, roach of hair tugged back in a horsetail.
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