light-horseman
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + horseman (noun).
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Noun[edit]
light-horseman (plural light-horsemen)
- A soldier who serves in the light cavalry.
- (US, obsolete) A West Indian fish, Chaetodipterus faber, with a high dorsal fin and brilliant colours.
- (Australia, obsolete) A snapper, Pagrus auratus, whose skull is shaped in the front like a cap worn by light-horsemen.
References[edit]
- “light-horseman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.