dishorse

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UK/dɪsˈhɔːs/US/dɪsˈhɔɹs/

verb

To dismount from a horse.

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Meanings

verbdishorse (third-person singular simple present dishorses, present participle dishorsing, simple past and past participle dishorsed)

present singular third person dishorses · participle present dishorsing · participle past dishorsed · past dishorsed

  1. archaicintransitiveTo dismount from a horse.

    He burst his lance against a forest bough Dishorsed himself, and rose again

    1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC
  2. transitiveTo unseat from a horse.

Synonyms & antonyms

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unhorse

Origin

From dis- + horse.

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APA

dishorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishorse

MLA

“dishorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishorse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dishorse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dishorse.

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