horseman

plural horsemen

1. A man who rides a horse.
2. A soldier on horseback, especially a cavalryman.

   A thouſand Perſean horſemen are at hand, Sent from the King to ouercome vs all.

   c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii

   2 more examples

   A royal grave (dated seventh century B.C.) still shows vital details of the conditions of warrior horsemen in their formative phase. This is the grave at Arzan in Tuwa, opened under the guidance of the Nestor of Siberian archeology, M. P. Grjaznov.

   1989 [1988], Karl Jettmar, “The art of the Steppes”, in The History of Art, Blitz Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62

   At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.

   2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China, volume II, published 2019, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186

3. A man skilled in horsemanship, especially an equestrian.
4. UKarchaicespeciallyagricultureA man in charge of work horses; a teamster.
5. UKarchaicespeciallyA man in charge of transport horses; a hostler (ostler).
6. archaicAny of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
7. archaicAny fish of the genus Equetus.
8. A fictional beast that is part horse and part man.

plural Horsemans

1. countableuncountableA surname originating as an occupation.
2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.