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horseman

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1. horseman - Noun

2. Horseman - Proper noun

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A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.

A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The horseman serves the horse, The neatherd serves the neat, The merchant serves the purse, The eater serves his meat; 'T is the day of the chattel, Web to weave, and corn to grind; Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind. Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell. Bear Grylls

In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace, we are apt to forget that not all can ride and that he also serves who waits and who applies what the horseman discovers. Harvey Cushing

To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach. Ludwig Bemelmans

'One to the other / Unos á otros' - Thus goes the world. We mock at and deceive each other. He who, yesterday, was the ball, is to-day the horseman in the ring. Fortune directs the feast, and distributes the parts according to the inconstancy of its caprice. Francisco Goya

If the horseman is bad, it's the horse's fault. German Proverb

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