Meanings
- archaicnot comparableOn the back of a horse; on horseback.
He managed to escape ahorse.
3 more examples
1817, Maria Edgworth, Ormond, Chapter 4, in Harrington, and Ormond, Tales, London: R. Hunter, Volume 2, p. 85, “By all that’s princely,” cried he, “then, that young Harry Ormond was intended for a prince, he sits a horse so like myself; and that horse requires a master hand to manage him.”
the right to proceed in peace, by whatever means he and his people saw fit, afoot or ahorse
1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, New York: Vintage, published 1956, page 404Two Romans ahorse were circling about four dismounted Cimbri, who stood back to back and glared.
1960, Poul Anderson, chapter 2, in The Golden Slave,, New York: AvonSynonyms: horseback, ahorseback
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbOn the back of a horse; on horseback.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetraveling on horseback
adverbon the back of a horse
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englisha-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wers-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wers-
- Proto-Indo-European*wérsēn
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šā
- Proto-Iranian*(w)ŕ̥šāder.?
- Proto-Germanic*hrussą
- Proto-West Germanic*hross
- Old Englishhors
- Middle Englishhors
- Englishhorse
- Englishahorse
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ahorse
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Cite this entry
ahorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ahorse
“ahorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ahorse. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ahorse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ahorse.
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