Meanings
horsen1
comparative more horsen · superlative most horsen
- rareOf or pertaining to horses; equine
Let hym put the Yearth onely, the Floxe, and the Horsen doung.
1558, Warde, Alexis' Secr.3 more examples
For laughter: the horsen dolt at last caught up a club, As though he would have slain the master devil, Belsabub, […]
1773, Thomas Hawkins, Gammer Gurton's needleThey were all soon mounted and moving toward West Plains, soon coming to a "horsen" log.
1907, William Monks, A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas[…] farm nearly equal to Thurston's: he complained against William Seburne, who under the name Hopkins had as great a total land interest, that 'Seyborne seyde ffoorde was a bawdy knave and a bawdy harlot a horsen knave and that no truth […]
1952, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Volume 69
horsen2
- obsoletepluralplural of horse
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
horsen · adjective
- Middle Englishhorsen
- Englishhorsen
From Middle English horsen, horsene, equivalent to horse + -en (“of or belonging to”). Cognate with Old High German russīn (“equine, of horses”), whence Middle High German rüssīn, rössīn (“of horses, horsen”).
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- Middle Englishhorsen
- Englishhorsen
From Middle English horsen, alternative plural of hors, equivalent to horse + -en (plural suffix).
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horsen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsen
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