Meanings
adjectivedark-horse (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of darkhorse.
On December 7, 2015, Donald Trump, then a dark-horse candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, used his Facebook page to promote a press release.
2020 October 12, Andrew Marantz, “Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself”, in The New Yorker
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dark-horse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-horse
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dark-horse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-horse.
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