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