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单词 hippodamist
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hippodamistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἱππόδαμος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἱππόδαμος hippodame n.2 + -ist suffix. Compare earlier hippodame n.2
Obsolete. rare.
A person who tames or trains horses; a horse-breaker.
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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).
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