单词 | hippodamist |
释义 | † hippodamistn. Obsolete. rare. A person who tames or trains horses; a horse-breaker. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > horse-breaking or -training > horse-breaker or -trainer horse-master?1523 horse-tamer1530 horse-breaker1550 rider1556 pacer1616 hippodame1623 rough-rider1729 whisperer1810 hippodamist1841 horse whisperer1843 horse-gentler1889 horse-trainer1889 buster1891 nagsman1891 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year II. x. 292 The present famous hippodamist [1840 hippodromist] at Windsor, by touching a nerve in the mouth of a horse, reduces him to helpless docility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018). < n.1841 |
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